Modernism is the time period in art that is dated roughly between the 1800’s. This style of art was mainly seen in Europe. Many artist in this movement formed their own ideas and techniques. Doing this made the artists develop new statements how their society should reflect the world. Some artists that have done this are Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock.
Vincent Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter from Holland. He was best known for the vivid colours he used and the emotional significance.
In 1886, Van Gogh stayed and travelled to Paris, France and collected Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints. After collecting the woodblock prints, a year later Van Gogh got inspired and made his artwork The Blooming Plum Tree. In this he used traditional Japanese letters along the border of the Plum Tree. …show more content…
They spent nine days together in Arles. During the nine days Gauguin admitted he was disappointed with impressionism and once Van Gogh heard he didn’t agree to this, he objected Gauguin’s statement and the two had a feud.
Because of this, this is why Van Gogh made a self portrait that was a mirror image with a bandaged ear. He got the bandaged ear because on the evening of December 23rd Van Gogh confronted Gauguin with a razor blade. Since Van Gogh was a bit of a mad man from depression and suicidal thoughts, he went to a brothel and cut off the bottom of his left ear lobe. Thus the reason why there was a bandage on his ear.
Most people believed that the drugs and alcohol that Van Gogh took reflected his artworks. Some say that they helped him draw emphasized marks and swirls on his artworks.
In the end a lot of people didn’t like him but liked him after his death. This is when most realised he was actually a wonderful