Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was a great artist in the time of his life. I think his life story was very interesting and amazing because of all the twists and turns in his life. He was born on March 30th 1853 in the Netherlands (Holland) .Van Gogh did not really like art at first but he liked it after playing around with it. At one point though he had decided he wanted to be a clergyman instead. Before that happened though he went through many odd jobs such as art dealer, teacher and a bookseller before he became a clergyman which was when his life changed. While he was working as a clergyman he saw how poor people were suffering and decided to give all his things to them. But he gut fired right after because he was accused of taking the teachings too literally. This was not like regular though because he was devastated. Later his brother Theo pushed him to be an artist and by he was an art dealer in Paris he sent paint supplies to Van Gogh every once in a while. He moved to Paris with his brother Theo to learn art but moved away to Arles because of hectic city life. One day he invited a friend named Paul Gauguin and they had a quarrel. Van was chasing down Paul with a razor but could not catch him so he cut off a part of his ear with the razor. Afterward he went to a mental hospital voluntarily and spent a year there. When he got out he walked into a wheat field and shot himself in the chest. I think Vincent Van Gogh was a crazy person but I know he was not lazy, for he made 1100 paintings and 900 drawings.
By: Sean D
Sean, nice piece of writing. Although these facts are all true I think I think you should have reflected a little. It would be interesting to know what you would feel like if you were in van Gogh's shoes, or what you think about his life. However, you made a terrific statement at the end about how you knew van Gogh was not lazy. That is completely true, with 900 drawings and 1100 paintings you would not have tme to lie down and rest!
ReplyDeleteJust try to reflact more and your writing will be even better!
I think this was a very good summary even though you didn't reflect. I think you covered all of the basic facts, which is very important. I really liked it and it was nice to read.
ReplyDeleteAwesome piece of writing Sean! You included all the information that was needed in this piece of writing. I did feel that you included more facts then opinion. You should try to put more of youself into your writing. It was still ans awesome piece of writing! good job
ReplyDelete-dani
Amazing detail you've included, but i do wish you could've added more detail and made that blog more personal. Other than that it was awesome!
ReplyDeleteAnd in the future I hope you add more feeling into your blogs. Fantastic job!
-Christine
Great blog Sean! But the only bad thing about it is that you need to add more of your opinions in it. The good thing about this blog was that you had a lot of information in it. Keep up the good work!
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