All About Art

  Vincent Van Gogh's The Potato Eaters  is another one of my favorite paintings. Can you guess who my favorite artist is? Van Gogh painted this masterpiece in 1885 while living in Nuenen, Netherlands (Art in Context 2022). He spent this period of his life studying the life of peasants. He wanted to display the realness and seriousness of peasant life. Van Gogh even wrote that he wanted people to "get the idea that these folk, who are eating their potatoes by the light of their lamp, have tilled the earth themselves with these hands they are putting in the dish, and so it speaks of MANUAL LABOUR and - that they have thus honestly earned their food" (Art in Context 2022).  Van Gogh wanted the meaning of the painting to speak more than the skilled accuracy and he did this through the visual elements of the piece. He used color to shine the faintest light on an overall purposely dark painting. The light is just bright enough to show the worked hands and facial expressions of ...

Hello! My name is Allison but most people call me Alli. I'm 23 years old and recently moved to Oklahoma after living in Alaska for the majority of my life. I love to travel, especially by myself, and plan to move abroad within the next year. As far as my studies go, I'm working toward an associates or arts while still deciding on a career path.  (This is my favorite painting by Vincent Van Gogh which I actually had the pleasure of seeing in person this summer!) Growing up I loved anything that involved being creative. Painting is almost like therapy to me and is definitely my favorite hobby. A few years ago I worked in a gallery and got to see the business side of the art community in Fairbanks which was so cool! We worked with artists all across the state putting on shows at a local cafe. This summer I traveled around Europe and saw so many beautiful and famous works of art. Visiting the Louvre in Paris, France was one of the highlights of my trip. About the Louvre