Cafe Terrace on Place Du Forum Arles at night
Ok back to art. The world is too depressing sometimes. Ah yes the Cafe Terrace on Place Du Forum Arles at night painted by Vincent Van Gogh.
Vince the crazy artist is one of the most famous painters in the world. But lets look at the "Cafe". I have read the reviewers who comment on the unique quick brush strokes, how he inspired impressionist painters.
He was a wild and really crazy guy, cutting off a bit of his ear after being upset with another artist Paul Gauguin. You would think that when he got pissed off he would have cut off Gauguin's ear. Eventually he committed suicide by shooting himself.
He was a religion teacher, prostitute consort, evangelist, as well as an artist.
Lets consider the art. Its good. The sidewalk is spectacular. The colours are just right. The people are ok. But the building is out of proportion it looks like it was stretched. Is it really a masterpiece- or is it a marketing job.
Vince averaged a painting every three days and created over 900. Sold one... Vince's widowed sister in law who got the paintings was a promotional genius... She talked about the legends, that he cut of his ear when really he sliced a little off the lobe. That he killed himself because the world would not recognize his genius when really he was just a nutcase and committed suicide. Today Vincent Van Gogh is a Dutch master. Significantly more than what he was when he was alive.
Nice painting...artist overrated - I think so... What do you think?
posted by hockeyman @ 7:16 PM
2 Comments:
personally, I like 'em.
the self portrait, not so much. but the cafe and the starry night, the hay field and the sunflowers do not let on to me the turmoil in vince's head. I think, instead of me, and the smell of the hay, and the tingle the night gives me...it's all perspective. Plus something cool happens when you see them up close~
Now that would be awesome....seeing them in person. I just wonder if the tingle the night gives you occurs because you know it is a famous painting worth millions or there is just something about it... those were cool pictures of your trip...
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