Art Huma

Christy Deloatch

American InterContinental University

Unit 4 Individual Project

HUMA205

9/21/13

Abstract

As I did my research in our textbook, I find there were a lot of good art pieces. My artist will be coming from the Impressionist era. I picked my three artists and then broke it down to two artists. From these two artists I will be two of their paintings and go a little deeper inside of them. From the text I choose Vincent Van Gogh, his self- portrait with the gray hat on. It was just one of his oil on canvas that I choose. When I went online and did my research on his other art piece I decided to go with The Portrait of the Artist’s Mother. The other artist I decided to research on was George Seurat and his great art work like the Bathers at Asnieres and a also A Sunny Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.

The Painting of the Artist’s Mother

This is a painting by the famous Van Gogh of his mother. Anna Carbentus van Gogh. He captured this image of his mother from a black and white photo. His mother is the person that gave him an introduction to the art world. She was an amateur artist. When I look at this painting I see an older lady and she seems to be really happy. By him sharing his work with his mother as well as his thoughts, the thought were of flowers and natural settings. This painting of his mother caught the proud nature and that she is dignified.

He was born on March 30, 1853 within Holland. To Van Gogh color was the main meaning of the expression of the painting. He was raised in a religious atmosphere. He was the son of a pastor. Van Gogh had no self-confidence within his self, and was always emotional. Somewhere around the years of 1860-1880 Gogh had made up his mind to be an artist. At this same time he had two relationships that ended unhappy for him. He also worked at the bookstore as a clerk. Not to say he was a preacher as well. He was a preacher in a mining area in Belgium. He ended up getting kicked out of...