Van Gogh’s Paintings I

Vincent van Gogh completed more than 2,100 art works, consisting 860 oil paintings and over 1,300 watercolors drawings and sketches. Several of his works are one of the most expensive work of arts in the world. ‘‘Irises’’ was sold for a price of $53.9 million and ‘‘Portrait of Dr. Gachet’’, which is the most expensive painting, for $82.5 milion. Unfortunately, during his life he has sold only one of his paintings – ‘‘The Red Vineyards near Arles’’.

Vincent painted ,,Starry Night'' in 1889 during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Paul-de-Mausole near Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. He was allowed more than any of the other patients. He could leave the hospital and was allowed to paint and read, he was even given a studio. Van Gogh had paranoia and was diagnosed with epileptic fits. Vincent began to suffer from hallucination and had suicide thoughts. Because of his depression he returned to the darker colors from the beginning of his career and ,,Starry Night'' is a example of that shift. Dominating color in this painting is blue, it blends hills into sky, also the village that lays in the bottom is painted with dark colors .Elements that stand out are stars and moon, there is a big contrast between them and the rest of the painting.

sources:
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starry-night.html
https://www.biography.com/people/vincent-van-gogh-9515695
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night