Art And Emotion From Van Gogh

Whether it is rigorous and complete classicism or artificialism, these representative painters of different periods can have a hundred years of masterpieces, not only because of the exquisite painting skills, but also because they put their own emotions into the works, and they can express themselves and love themselves. To be pleasing. Van Gogh, a Dutch painter, made a violent impact on his emotions and paintings during the post-impressionism period, thus shining a dazzling light. Post-impressionism has three particularly important painters, Cézanne, Van Gogh and Gauguin. A famous Chinese painter once referred to this period as “anti-impressionism” because, in its essence, it opposes the fascination of impressionism on natural light, pays too much attention to the influence of external conditions, and ignores the structure of the object itself. In the post-impression period, Van Gogh paid the most attention to the spirit and attached importance to the symbolism of the picture.

Van Gogh's father was a pastor. He was born in a Protestant family. He was not bound. At a very young age, he showed his talent for painting. When he was a child, a painting 'Cat' won the appreciation of his mother, but this the child with a unique personality then tore the painting. When he was young, Van Gogh was different. In the eyes of the people around him, he is a lonely, strange boy. Even his sister thinks he is a bit like a weirdo. The whole family only has his brother Theo has the best relationship with him. The sixteen-year-old Van Gogh was introduced to a gallery in Paris by his uncle and fell in love with the daughter of the landlord in the London branch. But she did not give him the same love but played with him.

The failure of the first relationship made Van Gogh so painful that he could not work, so he went to the mine to work and work with the miners. The heavy labor and hard life of the miners caused Van Gogh’s sympathy. At this time his work was greatly affected, he studied Miller. His work theme is to focus on the lives of the people at the bottom. At this time, he created 'Shoes', “This equipment is pervaded by uncomplaining anxiety about the certainty of bread, the wordless joy of having once more withstood want, the trembling before the advent of birth and shivering at the surrounding menace of death. This equipment belongs to the earth and it is protected in the world of the peasant woman. From out of this protected belonging the equipment itself rises to its resting-in-self. ” (Heidegger, 1935, p. 662). This is Heidegger's description of Van Gogh's 'agricultural shoes', it is not difficult to see the feelings of the painters pinned by these shoes. And I think that the yellow-green tone used in this painting does not feel as relaxed as a bright tone. It is a hard and heavy feeling of sadness and sorrow. Van Gogh perfectly shows his emotions with art for the first time. “The potato eaters” is also another work of Van Gogh's attention to the working people at the bottom. There are five people around the table, three women and two men. In the dimly lit room, only one kerosene lamp is hung in one third of the picture, and the right woman is holding The teapot is pouring water, three people are eating potatoes, the poor farmers only have potatoes for dinner, no extra dishes, long-term labor joints and large joints, wrinkles such as knife carvings are deeply engraved on the face, plain dress, mottled The wall is more difficult to show life, and the small woman who is facing the audience has a dark color, which reflects the feeling of Van Gogh. This was not in line with the aesthetics of the times at the time, but Van Gogh’s stubborn use of quaint means expressed the strength and tenacity of the working people.

Soon, Van Gogh ushered in a period of great change. He saw the 'bright painting' in Paris - Impressionism, Georges Seurat's 'Sunday Afternoon on the Island of la Grande Jatte', and the Japanese ukiyo-e to break European classical painting. The bold cross-sectional irregular composition of symmetry and completeness and the flat coating of pure color have given his art a great impact. Moreover, due to the modern French modern movement, Van Gogh’s style of painting has undergone earth-shaking changes. He began to use bright colors and began to appear symbolic and decorative. Nature and life are the connotations of his paintings. The painting mode that rigorously portrays the appearance of things has been abandoned by him. Painting has become his main channel for expressing subjective self and enthusiasm. Van Gogh loves lands. His master landscape painting is not a scenery, not a travel note, is a land where people live in it, a space for nurturing life as a mother. He wrote to his brother Theo: 'If you want to grow, you must bury it in the land. I tell you, planting you in the land of Deron, you will sprout here, don't wilted on the sidewalk. You will tell me that there are plants growing in the city, but you are wheat, your location is in the wheat field. ' (Gogh, 1983). He painted the fields covered with crops, the orchards that flourished in the foliage, the heat waves of the earth under the sun, the birds in the wind. All the pens in his picture have movement directions, indicating that all life is rolling, From the clouds of the sky to the ditch of the ridges, from people to fences, from wheat ears to wildflowers, they are calling each other, beckoning, and even swaying, the ground is shaking, and the heart of the painter is burning.

Sunflower has a unique meaning for Van Gogh. He uses his favorite yellow. In psychology, yellow represents anxiety, and trouble. In Van Gogh's view, it does represent the sun, life and enthusiasm. Van Gogh expresses himself in various flower poses of 'sunflowers' and sometimes even compares himself to sunflowers. For Van Gogh, sunflower flower is the best theme to express his thoughts. The descendants call him a sunflower painter, which should be appropriate. 'Sunflower' is only painted with a beautiful combination of yellow, it can be said that his masterpiece. When Van Gogh focused on creating the 'Sunflower' series, this was his mature art period, and he liked to use yellow at this time. For Van Gogh, who is eager for bright colors, yellow represents the color of the sun and has a special meaning. At the same time, the sun symbolizes love. He used this to express his wishes, from this we can see that why he insisted on using yellow (Fu, 2019).

Obviously, the number of artworks created by Van Gogh is very large. More than a hundred years later, his work continues to influence modernity. Although Van Gogh committed suicide, he was only 37 years old. The fall of a generation of genius left his love of life and the stubborn spirit of art. Art and emotion must coexist, this is the reason why Van Gogh’s works are immortal.

Reference

1. Heidegger, M. (1935). The origin of the work of art. Waterloo, Ont. : University of Waterloo.
2. Heidegger refers to van Gogh's paint “Shoes”, use it for help describe Van Gogh’s paint.
3. Gogh, V. . , & Roskill, M. W. (1983). The letters of Vincent van Gogh. London: Fontana.
4. Use the letters what Van Gogh written to his brother; it can express Van Gogh’s attitude towards life.
5. Fu, W. (2009). Rereading Van Gogh's painting art. Journal of Handan College, 19 No. 2.
6. Quoted in Chinese journal, this journal expresses how Van Gogh’s emotional pair his arts.