Famous Van Gogh Paintings

Starry Night remains the favorite Van Gogh painting for many but what qualities help it to stand out from such impressive competition? This article discusses the key merits of the artist's Starry Night as well as another significant set of work, namely the Sunflowers series which included a whole host of paintings in a still life format.

Starry Night covers a small city with in a landscape setting and the tops of houses serve almost as a background setting to the highly stressing sky which in this painting takes the majority of the viewer's attention. It is the swirling sky which is most memorable here and the bold contrasting colours also leave a very strong finish to the painting.

Sunflowers were he inspiration and title for a series of paintings which inspired Van Gogh over an extended period and were most relevant to his time in the French town of Arles where he also spent some time living with fellow artist Paul Gauguin.

The Sunflowers series has achieved iconic status in the art world and it is fortunate that so many were involved in this series as it means that many different art galleries and museums around the world are able to pick them up and make the artist's career internationally accessible.

We can only speak with authority on how the paintings mentioned here remain so ingrained in art history, particularly from the past few centuries where Impressionism and post-expressionism have achieved so much and also influenced so many painters that have followed on since then.

Starry Night and the Sunflowers series have helped artist Van Gogh to become one of the most reproduced artists in history and his unusual style may have struggled badly to attract fans during his own lifetime, but ever since his name has risen more every years to eventually become one of the most popular artists ever, as shown by the incredible amount of reproductions which are made of his paintings every year and all across the world. The increased global media has enabled more and more art fans to discover and enjoy his finest paintings and the internet has increased that impact even more.

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