Van Gogh and Sunflowers —— Analysis

Van Gogh created 1 1 sunflowers in his life, of which 10 was scattered all over the country after his death, and only one is currently on display in Van Gogh Art Museum. (This data remains to be discussed, because there are genuine products coming out constantly, and many fakes have been proved at the same time. )

Sunflower, the incarnation of Van Gogh, is only composed of gorgeous yellow. Van Gogh believes that yellow represents the color of the sun, and sunlight symbolizes love, so it has special significance. He used all kinds of flowers to express himself in Sunflower, and sometimes even compared himself to a sunflower. In his letter to his younger brother Theo, Van Gogh talked many times about the series of sunflower works, which are represented by two compositions: Twelve Sunflowers and Fourteen Sunflowers. He used 12 to represent the twelve disciples of Christ, and he also designated the members of the Southern Studio (Friends' House) as 12. Together with himself and his brother Theo, it became a *** 14.

For Van Gogh, sunflower is the best theme to express his thoughts. Summer is short, and the flowering period of sunflowers is not long. Van Gogh also ended his short life like a sunflower, so it should be appropriate to call him a sunflower painter.

Van Gogh's art was great, but it was not recognized by the society before his death. His works contain profound tragic consciousness, and his strong personality and unique pursuit in form are far ahead of his generation, which is really difficult to be accepted by people at that time. He grasped the object with the environment, changed the reality again, and reached the real truth, which contributed to the birth of expressionism. When people misunderstand him the most, it is when he has the most confidence in his own creation. That's why he left a permanent work of art. He directly influenced French animalism and German expressionism, so that lyrical abstract portraits appeared in the early 20th century.

Vincent Van Gogh (1853.3.30-1890.7.29) was born in a family of rural priests in the Netherlands. He is one of the three masters of post-impressionism

In his initial works, the mood is often low, but later, many of his works become loud and clear, as if to comfort the suffering of the world with cheerful songs to express his strong ideals and hopes.

"He devoted all his energy to pursuing the simplest and most common thing in the world, that is, the sun." His paintings are not only full of bright colors in the sun, but also depict the striking sun itself below more than once and sunflowers many times.

If people really love each other sincerely, life will last forever. This is Van Gogh's wish and belief. ...

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Sunflowers, painted with gorgeous yellow TINT, are the embodiment of Van Gogh or his masterpieces. When Van Gogh concentrated on creating sunflower series, it was the time when his art was mature. At this time, he liked to use yellow very much. For van Gogh, who longed for bright colors, yellow represents the color of the sun and has special significance; At the same time, sunshine symbolizes love, and he uses sunshine to express his wishes, from which we can easily see his intention of insisting on using yellow.

Sunflower embodies Van Gogh's desire for life-Van Gogh expressed himself with various flower postures in Sunflower, and sometimes even compared himself to a sunflower. For Van Gogh, sunflower is the best theme to express his thoughts. Summer is short, and the flowering period of sunflowers is not long. Van Gogh ended his short life like a sunflower, calling him a sunflower painter.

He painted still life with "a series of yellow variations", and his famous masterpiece Sunflower was completed in this way. Every flower is like a fire, the finely divided petals and the pages of sunflower are like flames, and the whole painting is like a raging flame burning all over the canvas. Van Gogh himself said, "This is the strongest light of love."

Sunflower, the embodiment of love-Van Gogh always lives alone. When he lingers for love, the only thing that accompanies him is a strong sense of loneliness.

Sunflower is one of Van Gogh's favorite themes in his later years, and this painting is the most representative one among Van Gogh's many sunflowers painted by Al. Van Gogh likes to use contrasting large color blocks and black outlines to show the picture of the body and tissues. At the same time, strong golden yellow is often the main color in his paintings. This is because Van Gogh's passionate personality fell in love with the sun, the birthplace of passionate colors, and the sun became the object of his praise. The light of the sun was yellow to him. Enthusiastic Van Gogh went to the countryside to collect golden sunflowers every day. "I let the refined or mixed chrome yellow emit a burning flame on the background of light blue to dark blue." He took pains to paint his favorite sunflowers with strong feelings, and strongly expressed the painter's subjective feelings about this objective thing. He is good at using strong colors and giving full play to the emotional factors of colors, making colors an important means to express his thoughts and feelings, which is an important feature of Van Gogh's art.

Sunflower pushed Van Gogh's art in arles to a peak. In order to get the most beautiful color effect, the color of sunflower is painted with yellow with different lightness and purity, with yellow background, yellow vase and yellow flowers. Dark yellow, light yellow, lemon yellow, orange yellow, khaki yellow ... only a few dark green and grass green branches and leaves are coated with a little sky blue stamens. Van Gogh used all the colors. He used yellow in such a touching way that it exudes charm. Look at the golden sunshine flowing in the air. The sunflower in the bottle opens its petals vigorously and sucks the air and sunshine heartily. Flowers full of sunshine seem to melt into the air, and the deep yellow, light yellow, lemon yellow and orange flowers are so dazzling. Van Gogh gave all his love to the lovely sunflower, and the sunflower also spit out "the strongest light of love" for Van Gogh. Sunflower is full of strong feelings in Van Gogh's heart, which is shocking and touching, and this is exactly what Sunflower produced.