Vincent van Gogh Still Life Calendar

13 famous Vincent van Gogh post impressionism fine art paintings are featured in this impressionist calendar. January - Four Stone Bottles, Flask and White Cup February - A Pair of Leather Clogs March - Still Life with Red Cabbages and Onions April - Still Life with Lemons on a Plate May - Still Life with Paintbrushes in a Pot June - Still Life: Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing-Wax July - Still Life with Basket of Apples (to Lucien Pissarro) August - Still Life with Bloaters and Garlic September - Three Pairs of Shoes October - Still Life with Apples, Pears, Lemons and Grapes November - Still Life with Quince Pears December - Crab on Its Back Back Cover - Still Life with Mussels and Shrimps Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. While alive his work was then known to only a handful of people and appreciated by fewer still. Van Gogh loved art from an early age. He began to draw as a child, and he continued making drawings throughout the years leading to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during his last two years. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,000 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. His work included self portraits, landscapes, still lifes of flowers, portraits and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers. In 1885, he painted his first major work The Potato Eaters. His palette at the time consisted mainly of somber earth tones and showed no sign of the vivid coloration that distinguished his later work. In March 1886, he moved to Paris and discovered the French Impressionists. Later he moved to the south of France and was taken by the strong sunlight he found there. His work grew brighter in color, and he developed the unique and highly recognizable style that became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.