Happy Birthday Van Gogh!

[Igg]

Pah. I'm not a fan of impressionism and I'm not a big fan of Van Gogh, though I prefer his work to the wishy washy fart impressionism of Monet.

Meh. I guess the dead gadge can have a happy birthday O.o

[Rachel]

Pah. I'm not a fan of impressionism and I'm not a big fan of Van Gogh, though I prefer his work to the wishy washy fart impressionism of Monet.

Oh, i much prefer monet.

As well as the van gogh stuff in the museum they have stuff by other people including monet. i was stood looking at one of them thinking 'hmmm, this one's much nicer than the other van gogh ones' and then i looked at the card and it was coz it wasnt van gogh, it was monet.

anyhoo, the website is working again now, so these two were my faves: (click on them for the bigger version)
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and my housemate loved these two:
She said she loved how he just randomly picked the colours of the sky and the field etc in the first one.

[SpiraLethe]

and my housemate loved these two:
She said she loved how he just randomly picked the colours of the sky and the field etc in the first one.

Not quite. Van Gogh had very lengthy and complex theories on colour. He was almost mathmatical and definitely not wishwashy.

[ahoteinrun]

Ah yes...
Let us celebrate Van Gogh.
Who attacked a friend with a knife. Who fell in love with women he had never spoken too. Who ended up in a mental institution.
Who commited suicide.
Only his brother to love him.
It was 10 years after his death before his first show.

So when do we celebrate the death of his ear?

[SpiraLethe]

So when do we celebrate the death of his ear?

Do they know exactly when he cut it off? Was it before or after one of his longer periods in the asylum? Hmmm...

[ahoteinrun]

So when do we celebrate the death of his ear?

Do they know exactly when he cut it off? Was it before or after one of his longer periods in the asylum? Hmmm...

Before.

Frankly Salvidor Dali is WAY more interesting then Van Gogh. If you want to study a total creepy human being, study Dali.
Dali makes Van Gogh look like a cupcake.

[SpiraLethe]

Frankly Salvidor Dali is WAY more interesting then Van Gogh. If you want to study a total creepy human being, study Dali.
Dali makes Van Gogh look like a cupcake.

I have to go with you there. Van Gogh's art isn't creepy. Dali on the other hand... For some odd reason, Moreau creeps me out too.

[ahoteinrun]

Frankly Salvidor Dali is WAY more interesting then Van Gogh. If you want to study a total creepy human being, study Dali.
Dali makes Van Gogh look like a cupcake.

I have to go with you there. Van Gogh's art isn't creepy. Dali on the other hand... For some odd reason, Moreau creeps me out too.

Mmm. He's... creepy too; but Dalis still more creepy to me.

I'm a fan of Romantic paintings.... I could stare at Gericaults paintings all day. *drool* They give me chills... his paintings do.

[SpiraLethe]

I'm a fan of Romantic paintings.... I could stare at Gericaults paintings all day. *drool* They give me chills... his paintings do.

I'm not a fan of Romanticism, both in literature and art (*glares at Thoreau and Emmerson*). I do like some Neoclassicism and Academic Classicism. As for Impressionism, I do have to give cred to Manet. I'm not a huge fan of his art, aesthetically, but what he was trying to do and express, I respect (like his Olympia).

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[Igg]

Dali, to me, always seemed too contrived.
Then again, I do like Magritte, and you could make a case for he being contrived but I dunno...Dali was like thought-out randomness.

Also prefer Pre-raphelites, so you can tell I'm more a fan of realist painting.

[Ginger Harp Seal Pup]

Dali's paintings freak me out! They're just so...twisted! I can remember one painting of his. It was a face held up by loads of sticks or something like that.

[ahoteinrun]

Dali, to me, always seemed too contrived.
Then again, I do like Magritte, and you could make a case for he being contrived but I dunno...Dali was like thought-out randomness.

Also prefer Pre-raphelites, so you can tell I'm more a fan of realist painting.

Magritte amuses me.

I think I like romantic paintings... because of what they are. Horses.
Lots and lots of horses. I mean... George Stubbs (I have a set of one of his paintings) is just... phenomonal. He's got such gorgeous animals. I love his work. Same with Landseer.

I don't really dislike any painting up until 1914. Theres some paintings (*cough* white on white ) that just make me angry. I think it's the fact that they're worth so much money for what could arguably be called such little effort.
But i'm getting over those feelings... since i'm studying them now. Theres been some pretty darn amazing stuff this past century.

[Squinchy]

This one is my favourite
Click me and see!

Ditto.
Especially as I used to have recurring dreams involving the sky looking quite a bit like that. I miss those dreams =(

I like that one too, but only out of ignorance. [I know nothing about art. I've seen basically the Fur Elise's (metaphorically).] It's kind of the image I get when I think of the Byronic hero or anything romantic.

[Rachel]

and my housemate loved these two:
She said she loved how he just randomly picked the colours of the sky and the field etc in the first one.

Not quite. Van Gogh had very lengthy and complex theories on colour. He was almost mathmatical and definitely not wishwashy.

i didnt mean it literally, it just seemed like that.

What complex theories did he have on colour? his early work is do dull and drab.

[SpiraLethe]

What complex theories did he have on colour? his early work is do dull and drab.

For one, the colours he used was heavily tied with his religion. As for specifics on this theories, you can look that up yourself. He wrote plenty of letters and notes concerning them. I'm sure you can find a copy in some bookstore. And I don't find Van Gogh's choices of colours dull at all. They're very bold and solid colours.