Vincent Van Gogh...

Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh was a 19th century Dutch post impressionist painter who transformed how line, perspective,color and light was perceived in the twentieth century. He is considered a great inspiration to the foundations of Modern art. Although his colors are often mistaken as an act of aesthetics, really they were intended to draw on the spiritual relevancy to the state of the human condition through color and form but often depicted its malady with equal vibrancy. He revealed much of his inner emotions within his paintings and considered an expressionist artist away from realism and figurative painting. His style transcended formal techniques of realism that used linear and line to create perspective and depth. In his art, he chose to exhibit colors, curves, spirals, small dashes with bold and broad distinct brush strokes to depict his shimmering subjects. Thus, he was following new scientific discoveries of the natural world. His colors shine as if with sunshine. He is precursor to the expressionists and abstract expressionists in the twentieth century...