Vincent van Gogh Trees and Nature Calendar

14 famous Vincent van Gogh post impressionism fine art paintings are featured in this impressionist calendar. Front Cover - Cypresses January - Trees and Undergrowth February - Olive Grove March - Orchard in Blossom April - Study of Pine Trees May - Trees in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital June - The Grove July - Olive Grove: Orange Sky August - Willows at Sunset September - Orchard in Blossom (Plum Trees) October - Lane with Poplars November - Pine Trees against a Red Sky with Setting Sun December - Landscape with Trees and Figures Back Cover - Cypresses and Two Women Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, noteable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour, 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 sombre 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 colour, and he developed the unique and highly recognisable style that became fully realised during his stay in Arles in 1888.