Van Gogh Museum

Vincent Van Gogh Museum

On November 22 I visited the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. This museum basically leads you through the life and works of Van Gogh and also pieces by other artists who were connected to Van Gogh from the period of 1830 to 1914. There were many different galleries in the museum but the gallery that I liked the most was the Auvers-sur-Oise. Auvers-sur-Oise was the village near Paris that Van Gogh lived in after he left the insane asylum in 1890. This village had a beautiful countryside which Van Gogh started to depict in his works.

In this gallery a there were a few works that I liked. One was called View of Auvers by Vincent Van Gogh, this was painted in 1890 and it was an oil painting on canvas. Another was Wheatfield under thunderclouds by Vincent Van Gogh, this was also painted in 1890 and it is oil paint on canvas. I also liked Wheatfield with crows by Vincent Van Gogh, this like the others was painted in 1890 and it was oil on canvas. The piece that stuck out the most to me in the gallery was Old vineyard with peasant woman by Van Gogh. This piece was done in 1890 with pencil and watercolor. In this piece Van Gogh shows us a vineyard with a peasant woman sitting down on the right with a basket of bread. On the horizon you see two farms and in watercolor he paints a light blue sky with two clouds. The reason why I like this piece is not because of what he shows us but the technique he used to paint and draw. Van Gogh is known for his brush strokes and in this piece you can really appreciate them. Nothing in the piece is completely filled in; everything consists of short strokes which are mostly black. The way he makes it look is very unorthodox but this is what makes it so interesting.

This was my first visit to an art museum and it was very memorable. After this visit it made me appreciate art a lot more. I also would like to visit other art museums