Paintings by Vincent Van Gogh

VINCENT VAN GOGH
HOLLAND: A GENIUS POSTHUMOUSLY ACCLAIMED
BORN: 1853 DIED: 1890

An incredulous world hear the news that on 30 March, 1987,Christis of London auctioned a painting of Van Gogh for the fabulous amount of Rs500,000,000. It was one of the seven sunflowers painted by this great artist during his sojourn in south France during January, 1889. This is supposed to be the highest price paid for any painting so far. As it is, most of the paintings by this artist now fetch millions of dollars.

Van Gogh’s life is an unending saga of want, poverty and mental tensions. No other painter led such a tragic life. He was cruelly neglected in his life time. Though he made hundreds of paintings, he could sell only one during his life. Now he is recognized as one of the classic masters like Rembrandt and others.

Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born on 30 March, 1853 in Holland. Son of a priest, he took to painting. He worked in London, Paris and The Hague. He suffered from bouts of depression due to poverty as also an unsuccessful love affair with an English girl. He divided his time between working at Brussels Academy and amongst farmers in Holland. During the last six years of his life he created some 700 sketches and 800 oil paintings. In return, he got nothing but penury and mental tensions.

In 1888 Gogh started working with Gaguin but soon their relations soured. In a fit of mental depression, Van Gogh cut his ear. Later, made a self portrait with bandage on the damaged ear. Van Gogh preferred bright colours. He was committed to an insane asylum, and not long after leaving it shot himself on the scene of his last painting the “Cornfield” on 27 July 1890 and died two days later. It is an irony of fate that he got ample measure of fame and recognition nearly a century after his death

Seashore at Scheveningen	Beach with Figures and Sea with a Ship.	The State Lottery Office	Fisherman with Sou'wester
The Loom.		A Peasant Woman in White Cap	Autumn Landscape with Four Trees
The Potato-Eaters	Still Life with Open Bible	Peasant Woman.	Peasant Man and Woman Planting Potatoes
Peasant Woman near the Hearth.	Head of a Dutch Peasant.	Terrace of the Caffe	Montmartre
Still Life	Le Moulin de la Galette	View of Paris from Montmartre	In the Jardin du Luxembourg
Self-Portrait in a Grey Felt Hat	Restaurant Rispal at Asnières.	Paris - Seen from Vincent's Room in the Rue Lepic.	Fishing in Spring
On the Outskirts of Paris.	Agostina Segatori	Still Life with Bottle and Lemons	The Seine with the Pont de la Grande
Four Cut Sunflowers	Bridge in Rain	Plum tree in Bloom	Vase with Daisies and Anemones
Portrait of Père Tanguy.	The Italian Woman	Self-portrait with Straw Hat	Self-portrait 2
The Restaurant de la Sirène	Imperial Crown Fritillaria	Self-Portrait.	Self-Portrait
Still Life with a Statuette	High Hill.	Portrait of an Old Peasant.	Night Caffe
Blue Cart	The Dance Hall at Arles	Eugene Boch	The Caravans, Gypsy Camp
Red Vineyards of Arles.	Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase	Drawbridge with Carriage.	Peach Tree in Bloom
Harvest Landscape.	Fishing Boats on the Beach	Zouave Milliet Seated	Vincent van gogh famous painting
Postman	The Arena at Arles	Sunflowers.	Ladies of Arles