Van Gogh Undergrowth With Two Figures Philadelphia Art Museum
Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890)
Title: Undergrowth with Two Figures
Appointment: late June 1890
Medium: oil on canvass
Dimensions: height: fifty cm (19.six in); width: 100.5 cm (39.5 in)
Collection: Cincinnati Art Museum
Today, Thursday, I was privileged to attend an immersive exhibit of Vincent van Gogh's life through his work. I had hoped to write a post on my impressions of that exhibit when I arrived domicile, only frankly, words neglect me, and so I hope y'all will forgive my settling for one of my favorites of his paintings.
We were inside an everchanging exhibit that flowed through many of his most famous works and zoomed in on bits one wouldn't ordinarily notice. I managed a few shots with my jail cell telephone that offer some idea of the exhibition, and here is the one that best shows what nosotros experienced:
The exhibit was such a moving, emotional experience. Information technology brings yous into bear on with the man too equally his art.
Nosotros were in, above, and surrounded by his work. The powerful soundtrack of classical music was paired perfectly to the images, complementing them similar fine wine does skillful food.
The link to that exhibit is here: Van Gogh, The Immersive Feel.
What I dearest most Undergrowth with Two Figures:
This very late piece of work was painted at the end of June 1890, a few weeks before Van Gogh'south death. Information technology was one of several paintings in Auvers-sur-Oise, adistrict on the northwestern outskirts of Paris, France. This was also the place where Vincent van Gogh died from injuries suffered in an attempted suicide.
This painting is 1 of several he fabricated in the last weeks of his life, in an unusually elongated double-square format. The double-square painting is a painting made on uncommonly large canvases, which have one dimension that is twice the size of the other. His need to express his art couldn't be contained on an ordinary canvas—he saw the world with a panoramic view.
1 of the things I dearest about this painting is the employ of violet and blue in the trunks of the poplars. They are tall, immense, like bars in a window framing the courtship pair. The copse stand out against the blackness backdrop. They accept ability and are the soul of the painting, even more so than the flowers and undergrowth through which the couple walks.
It is a pleasing composition, with strong castor strokes and deep, dark colors. He saw the beauty in life and painted information technology.
[1] Nigh this painting, via Google Arts and Culture:
In a letter to his younger brother, Theo, dated June 30, 1890, van Gogh explained the construction and brilliant colors of "Undergrowth with 2 Figures": "The trunks of the violet poplars cross the landscape perpendicularly similar columns," adding "the depth of Sous Bois is blue, and under the big trunks the grass blooms with flowers in white, rose, yellow, and green."
"Undergrowth with 2 Figures" has a silverish tonality feature of van Gogh's works from Auvers. His brushwork may be swift and visceral, his colors strong and biting, his emotion raw and visible, but the limerick reveals no hint of psychological torment.
Information technology is painted on a double square canvas, twice as wide as it is loftier. Van Gogh explored the creative possibilities of this panoramic format in several of his terminal paintings. [1]
Credits and Attributions:
[1] Google Arts and Culture Contributors, Undergrowth with two Figures, Vincent van Gogh 1890, Accessed April 7, 2022.
Wikimedia Commons contributors, "File:Vincent van Gogh – Undergrowth with Ii Figures (F773).jpg,"Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository,https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Vincent_van_Gogh_-_Undergrowth_with_Two_Figures_(F773).jpg&oldid=618842665 (accessed April 8, 2022).
View of Vincent'due south Starry Night, © 2022 Connie J. Jasperson, own work,
Source: https://conniejjasperson.com/2022/04/08/fineartfriday-undergrowth-with-two-figures-vincent-van-gogh-1890/
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