Artist Role #4 Discussion.

Matthew Brown
 Candace Nicol
 Art 160

Artist Role #4 Discussion.

            While flipping through the pages of “A World of Art” I came across a particular painting that struck my eye. While keeping artist role #4 in mind I started examining “The Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh. This painting was completed in 1889 and now resides in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Van Gogh’s use of line is so loose and free that it fringes on the thought of being out of control. Yet, it is truly consistent and is almost like an autograph of sorts. The painting itself is classic Van Gogh artistry. No one can do it like he did. Therefore this piece is unmistakable.

            Everything from the moon in the sky, to the wind, the mountains, down to the city below, all seem to flow together in a style that evokes deep emotion. Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo, saying, “Is it not emotion, the sincerity of one’s feeling for nature, that draws us?” Such art masterpieces force the world to evolve and draw out numerous amounts of different feelings. Though there were many before, and many to follow, Vincent Van Gogh will go down in history as one of the greatest artists the world has ever had the pleasure of knowing.