Vincent Van Gogh is one of the world's best painters. He was a post-impressionist painter, who didn't really take up the career of painting until around 1880, when he was 27 years old. He created 2000 pieces of artwork in the last ten years of his life, but his most well-known paintings came from the last two years of his life, which were plagued by depression and many psychological problemsfollowin the breakdown of his friendship. One of his most famous paintings is The Starry Night.
Scientist were are still unaware of what psychological disorder he suffered from, proposing that is was schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, syphillis, and many other disorders. These proposed disorders actually affected his works a great deal. Scientis proposed that his love and use of the color yellow is a result of an alcohol problem, which caused his brain to see objects in yellow. Another proposal is the use of lead based paints which caused his retina wo widen, causing the halo-effects we see in his paintings. Whatever the cause of his problems and the problem itself, they influenced Van Gogh's artwork greatly.
Not knowing the exact disorder of Van Gogh, it is hard for me to give my opinion on how I feel about it. However, I can say that whatever the disorder was, I believe it was key to his artistic publicity. He was a phenominal artist, but only his works that were done during his period of psychological illness' were what made him famous. I think that the disorder's should have had more recognition back then, since we cannot even identify what it was today. His suicide proves that his disorders were not paid attention to, but I feel that the disorders are gaining much more recognition today. 
2 comments:
I would give you a 90 because you explained Van Gogh's disorder possibilities well but you did not really expand on his background.
Good job Nick, your article was very informative.
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