Expressionism Of Vincent Van Goghs The Starrry Night

Through its seductive swirls, intoxicating composition and captivating colour palette, ‘ The Starry Night ’ by painter, and well renowned artist Vincent Van Gogh, remains engrained in the minds of many, as an expression of his tempestuous state of mind. Painted in June of 1899, the painting represents the symbolic, and highly personal meanings that proved to be particularly important to Post-Impressionist artists. This deeply distinctive, emotionally evocative style has continued to influence artists residing within twentieth century and up to the present day, promising Van Goghs prominence in the near future. Van Gogh’s expressionism became best known through the avant-garde movement in northern Europe during the early 20th century and†¦show more content†¦Van Gogh wanted his paintings to express how he felt, and if distortion let him to achieve this aim, he would use distortion to do so. He had arrived at this point without wanting to overthrow the old standards of art, and did not pose as revolutionary in fear of shocking the contented critics. ‘The Starry Night’ depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rà ©my-de-Provence, with the inclusion of an idealized town. The sky is overflowing field of churning energy and contrasts with the silent town below. The village he portrays in ‘Starry Night’ is rather invented and the church spire reminisces his homeland in the Netherlands. Van Gogh includes the addition of a cypress tree, which is generally found within cemeteries and is associated with grieving. This tree connects the earth and sky, and this could replicate the artist ´s own thoughts of death ‘that death is the destination of life ´s journey’. Beneath the igniting stars, the village is a place of quiet order. The sky’s texture and planes of the buildings are brashly marked in contours of expressive brushstrokes which, in spite of their feverish vigour, hold together as a tightly drawn landscape. The rush strokes in the sky swirl, each sing ular spot of colour swelling with the clouds around the moon and stars. On the cypress tree, they curve with the movement and direction of the branches. In