Untold Van Goghさんのイラストまとめ

The contrast between the early paintings of #VanGogh and his late work is staggering however his plunging perspective and grasp of atmosphere was constant. With or without his consummate color sense Vincent was a compelling actor from within as he staged his dramas in nature.

The theme of labor was a central one for #VanGogh having been reared in a rural farming community with field hands, farmers and craftsmen. The humble worker is a theme of the Gospels; the books of Romans and Corinthians portray the universe as a cosmic work laboring for rebirth.

#Vangogh had a deep appreciation for flowers as his parents produced large floral gardens. Bouquets became central aesthetic devices for him enabling him to expand his color sense in painting them. The number & range of his flower still-lives are remarkable in quantity & quality.

Many of the paintings of #VanGogh feature diggers, sowers, reapers and workers of the land. The theme of the laborer had been celebrated by Millet & other painters before Van Gogh but Vincent modernized it stylistically and conceptually. Van Gogh gave new stature to labor itself.

From painting trees to hollyhocks #VanGogh was able to invest each canvas like a world teeming with the illusion of life. An essential part of this transformative power was his ability to impart paint itself with vivacious energy, making inanimate pigment into passionate poetry.

#VanGogh's early studies of Dutch women knitting are in the tradition of 17th century Dutch painters like Vermeer or Maes. Vincent's knitters were likely his sisters or local inhabitants. They exude a quiet, reflective mood; suggesting that at this time his life was fulfilling.

#VanGogh was able to record sorrow in a direct unvarnished way that it is never melodramatic. His art is a revelation backed by his own difficult life. Yet in spite of the sorrow he experienced he left us a legacy of beauty and engagement with life which was a triumph in the end.

#VanGogh admired farmers & humble craftsmen for their strong work ethic & commonsense. As a painter Vincent approached his work with pragmatic directness and understanding of artistic materials even using household supples like eggs and milk in place of store-bought art products.

Ever the inventive color expert #VanGogh translated this b/w lithograph of #Daumier into a color rendition.
One can admire how he intensified the optical impact of Daumier by playing the red cap of the drinker off the blue jackets and green-black coat of the man on the left.

#VanGogh's studies of sewing women had a rich legacy in Dutch art. It is noteworthy to compare Nicholas Maes 17th century red chalk drawing with Vincent's pencil & chalk rendition of a similar subject. Maes floods his figure in light whereas Van Gogh shades his figure in shadow.