Vincent Van Gogh is one of the best known post-impressionist painters in the world, famous for both his style and specific themes in painting. His works include self-portraits, landscapes, still lifes, portraits of other people and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields, water-colour flowers and sunflowers.
In my opinion, some of his works are simply beautiful, but others are bold and defying, exposing things that might not have been especially "beautiful" or "worth portraying" for his time. And this is the case of the depiction of farmers working in the fields or doing house chores or a pair of old, used boots. Some people might find it difficult to find the beauty in these themes, but I think they represent very profound feelings: tough life during his times, the life of the everyday hard-working man and woman.
Romi, I always find interesting how people relate to art and how each one of us has a different perception, interpretation or even taste on art.
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DeleteGreat post!! I found it very interesting even though I´m not a huge fan of art myself. Thank you for teaching me a lit bit about his work ;)
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