Sometimes a country can produce a great achievement without being aware of it. For years it may contain a major talent, a precious jewel, and not recognize how great the talent and how precious the possession is. That could happen in the past and perhaps it is happening today somewhere; we will know only later. Vincent van Gogh was such a talent. He left a precious heritage for us all-his paintings. More than a century has passed since he gave our world one of his masterpieces, The Starry Night. He painted it in Saint Remy, France in June 1889. Gogh, as every other artist, is a product of his time. A time when the style of neo-impressionism flourished and the primary medium used was canvas on oil. The Starry Night follows that trend by being a canvas on oil painting with a typical size 29 by 36 inches.
I feel highly gratified to have seen this famous painting in person at Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Today this work of Van Gogh is receiving the great attention the artist never enjoyed in his short life. The Starry Night at a cost of $100 million is worth a fortune. He would probably not have known what to do with all the attention. Unfortunately, recognition and attention came way too late for him. This genius …show more content…
While drawing this masterpiece, Van Gogh reached unprecedented heights in the depiction of a night sky. Carefully observing the painting, we can most certainly say that reproducing reality was not what he set out to do. We can admire the use of two dominant colors: blue and yellow. The night is predominantly depicted in blue, a color that can be used both light dark shades without loosing its intensity. Rather than choose a larger number of dark shades, he elected to paint primarily in blue in a range of harmonizing tones. This meant that a complicated composition in dark colors was not
I feel highly gratified to have seen this famous painting in person at Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. Today this work of Van Gogh is receiving the great attention the artist never enjoyed in his short life. The Starry Night at a cost of $100 million is worth a fortune. He would probably not have known what to do with all the attention. Unfortunately, recognition and attention came way too late for him. This genius …show more content…
While drawing this masterpiece, Van Gogh reached unprecedented heights in the depiction of a night sky. Carefully observing the painting, we can most certainly say that reproducing reality was not what he set out to do. We can admire the use of two dominant colors: blue and yellow. The night is predominantly depicted in blue, a color that can be used both light dark shades without loosing its intensity. Rather than choose a larger number of dark shades, he elected to paint primarily in blue in a range of harmonizing tones. This meant that a complicated composition in dark colors was not