This week, we learned about Vincent Van Gogh, a famous Dutch artist that lived from 1853 to 1890. He was a Post-Impressionist artist and used line, colour and emotion in his paintings. He is most famous for masterpieces like ‘Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers’, ‘Starry Night’ and lots of ‘Self-Portraits’. We examined many of his paintings and discussed our favourites, giving justification for our preferences. We also liked 'Café Terrace at Night' and 'The Night Café in the Place Lamartine in Arles'. Van Gogh was a sick man throughout his life. He is also famous for chopping off part of his ear! During his life he painted about 900 paintings, but only ever sold 1.
This week, our art was inspired by the above painting by Van Gogh. This still life painting is entitled 'The Chair and the Pipe', and we decided to create our own modern versions. We used card to create a box fold that would be the structure of our 3D chair. We then decorated the chairs, as well as the floor and wall in the background.
This week, our art was inspired by the above painting by Van Gogh. This still life painting is entitled 'The Chair and the Pipe', and we decided to create our own modern versions. We used card to create a box fold that would be the structure of our 3D chair. We then decorated the chairs, as well as the floor and wall in the background.
They turned out very well as you can see above and below! So colourful and each one is completely different.