Comparison of Van Gogh's Early Paintings with those after being influenced by
Impressionism.
During Vincent's early years as an artist, his palette of color was muted and
dark,
inspired only by the filthy worn faces of peasants. His paintings were
expressive
After Gogh moved to Paris to live with his brother Theo in 1886, he reached
the
realization that his dark muddy palette of colors was hopelessly out of date
and
was undeniably replaced with a growing spectrum of Impressionist color.
Likewise,
painting in realistic terms was also replaced with free flowing gestures of
paint
to present the feeling of the subject matter verses the actually
representation
of it. Gogh soon adopted these Impressionist and Post Impressionist idea's and
began
painting with his own highly personal style.
These new paintings that were being created by Van Gogh during this period
were
near opposites of his earlier pieces. To the left there are two paintings of
churches.
The first (on the far left) was painted before Gogh became influenced by the
Impressionist
and Post Impressionist. The other (on the right) was painted after he moved to
paris
in 1886. As one can plainly see, they are very different representation of
churches.
Both paintings have aspects that make them great!
The following is a description of differences between the two paintings
depicted
above.
- The Old Church at Nuenen is painted in dark mudding colors (as was standard
for
Gogh's Early Paintings)
- The painting is a literal representation of the church, sky and surroundings.
- The use of color is very minimal. The dark church and light sky keep the eye
focused
on the building.
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- The Church at Auvers is painted in the bright colors of the impressionist and
post
impressionists
- The free forming lines cause the subject (the curch) to become wavy and appear
to
be bending or melting
- The vivid color schemes move the onlookers eyes around the painting
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