His fingers flew over the canvas, never once being able to meet the speed at which his imagination flew; the colours vivid and true expressed the man's innermost fire for creation. The artist's creativity is revered; whilst their eccentricities are found repulsive. Vincent Van Gogh was notorious for his eccentric lifestyle which resulted in his eventual suicide; he is a classic example of art and the mind interplaying. (Pierard, 1925)The artist has a greater chance to suffer from mental disease based on their lifestyle, the concentration of their subconscious personality, and the effects that an ailment has on their life and art. Van Gogh's work was in direct result of the mental diseases from which he suffered, this is exemplified by works like Starry Night and The Night Café. .
The lifestyle of an artist has been historically documented as a strenuous one. Not only must they compete in a very critical world of dealers and peers, but they are also expected to have a startling personality to go along with their canvases. Upon arriving in Paris, Vincent Van Gogh was immediately introduced to alcohol and the hallucinogenic drink named Absinthe. (Hanson, 1955) It was his sleepless nights spent socializing and drinking did he come in contact with the post-impressionist masters of his era. He oft debated art theory amongst Lautrec, Paul Signac and Gauguin. Signac was an advocate for Seurat's theory in colour and pointillism. This relationship caused an evolution in van Gogh's work as his experimented with pointillism and a more vibrant colour palette. (Milner, 1991)This later translated into his work, as his brush strokes became broader in his own homage to pointillism, evident in both Starry Night and The Night Café. Gauguin also had a huge influence upon van Gogh's works. They had a very close relationship as they both resided in a house together in Arles. Gauguin valued the Japanese style of flattening space and the use of lines to outline a figure.
Van Gogh was the son of Theodorus van Gogh, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. ... He continued to suffer mentally and emotionally. ... He continued to battle with his mental illness and created more paintings. ... Van Gogh's varying mental stability, depression, and nomadic lifestyle influenced his work. ... Van Gogh's work was not valued in his lifetime. ...
Who was the man called Vincent Van Gogh? Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 to Theodorus Van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. ... Gauguin loved to mock Van Gogh. Van Gogh seen this as a threat to his work, and his hidden illness erupted in a terrible crisis. ... The visit distressed Van Gogh even more. ...
Vincent van Gogh born near Brabant in 1853 and Pablo Picasso born in Spain in 1881 were to be two of the most influential artists that have ever existed. ... Agostina Segatori sitting in Cafe du Tambourin, is one of Van Gogh's works painted in 1887 in Paris, and Les Demoiselles d"Avignon painted by Picasso are two paintings that although similar are different in that Van Gogh's has more realism and Picassos's is cubist in style. Van Gogh tries to change the image of women in those days by painting them smoking and drinking beer. ... Van Gogh his mental illness and his inf...
Van Gogh suffered from a severe mental illness that cut his life and his artistic prime violently short. ... This painting, Houses at Auvers, was one of van Gogh's last. ... Here, Van Gogh depicted the street not far from Dr. ... Vincent Van Gogh seemed to live a tragic life. Throughout most of his life he suffered from a mental illness and was mainly supported economically by his family and friends. ...
One important way that creativity can positively affect lives is by helping treat mental illness in art therapy, by affecting the brain (neuroscience) in creative process and how that would be beneficial to patients having mental disorder, by providing patients an emotional outlet and by promoting self-esteem thus aid patients going back to society. ... Mercola's article Mental Health Disorders Now Leading Cause of Non-Fatal Illness Worldwide, he indicated '' according to a recent study published in The Lancet, mental disorders and substance abuse combined were the leading c...
Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter who lived from March 30, 1853 to July 29, 1890. ... (Sweetman 294) Vincent van Gogh began having nervous attacks in 1888, and his doctor diagnosed him with having some sort of epilepsy. ... On July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh attempted suicide- but he didn't die. ... Vincent van Gogh died at 1:30 in the morning, July 29, 1890 (Sweetman 343). ... It gave her a strange mental illness, and she began to hear voices. ...
The following examples will show some of the problems that four different artists have suffered in the past century.Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch painter who lived from March 30, 1853 to July 29, 1890. ... (Sweetman 294) Vincent van Gogh began having nervous attacks in 1888, and his doctor diagnosed him with having some sort of epilepsy. ... On July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh attempted suicide- but he didn't die. ... Vincent van Gogh died at 1:30 in the morning, July 29, 1890 (Sweetman 343). ... It gave her a strange mental illness, and she began to hear voices. ...
People with bi-polar disorder actually experience four types of mental states which are depression, hypomania, mania and mixed-state. ... The illness is genetic. ... Vincent Van Gogh, who produced all of his artistic works in a 10 year period, was hospitalized numerous times for the illness and eventually shot himself to death at the age of 37. During one of his manic episodes, Van Gogh cut off his ear. ... Ludwig concluded that "members of the artistic professions or creative arts as a whole suffer from more types of mental difficulties and do so over longer periods of their lives than member...
