Favorite Links on Van Gogh

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• Here are a few web pages on Van Gogh.
• Timeline of his life:

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=12259&lang=en

I really like this one. It is simple and to the point.

Easy for my kids to use.

There is a basic outline of his life and work, lesson plans,

downloads for the desktop and much more.

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/

• This is a great site on Van Gogh from the National

Gallery of Art. Lots of facts.

http://www.nga.gov/education/vgt_slide15.shtm

• Other good sites with lots of general information.

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/catalog/Painting/

• This site has photos of some of the places

Van Gogh lived and painted.

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/vangogh.html

The Paris Period 1886

http://www.vggallery.com/painting/by_period/paris.htm

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/1886.html

1887

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/1887.html

http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=2&resource=283

Paris and Arles 1888

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/1888.html

http://webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/18/etc-Theo-1888-s.htm

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starrynight.html

Arles and Saint Remy 1889

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/1889.html

http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer/search.php?tab=2&resource=273

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsppage=12267&subpage=25408&lang=en

• This site shares short essays on Van Goghs last paintings.

http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/vincent-van-gogh-final-paintings.htm

• His mental illness.

You will need to use care in sharing with your children about

Van Goghs plausible mental illness and his taking of his own life.

The sites below give modern day diagnoses based on facts from the past.

http://bipolar.about.com/od/celebrities/p/vangogh.htm

http://www.bakersfield.com/138/story/287277.html

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/later.html

http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/159/4/519

Portrait of Dr. Gachet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Doctor_Gachet

http://litmed.med.nyu.edu/Annotation?action=view&annid=12599

http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0753.htm

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Van Gogh's Brother

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_%28art_dealer%29

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The Roulin Family

http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/f05/michalak/last_gallery_page.html

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Gauguin and Van Gogh

http://www.vangoghgauguin.com/

http://www.artic.edu/aic/exhibitions/vangogh/slide_intro.html

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/feature-2001-11.html

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These sites are on Vincent Van Gogh Drawings

http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Van_Gogh/index.asp

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh_d/hd_gogh_d.htm

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=1291&lang=en

http://www.vggallery.com/drawings/p_0954.htm

Free books on line

Through The Eyes of Vincent Van Gogh: Selected Drawings and Paintings by the Great Master

http://www.wowio.com/users/product.asp?BookId=1429&Link=1

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Van Gogh Watercolors

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/watercolors/

http://www.worldofwatercolor.com/Artists/VanGogh/vgwcpage.htm

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The Letters

http://www.vggallery.com/letters/main.htm

http://www.themorgan.org/collections/swf/exhibOnline.asp?id=600

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• This site shows and tells about Van Gogh's Still Life

paintings and shares about his letters. Very informative. 

http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0678.htm

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2230&collection=451&lang=en

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=3450&collection=1297&lang=en

http://members.aol.com/Sabbeth/StillLife.html

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Quotes by Van Gogh

http://painting.about.com/od/artandartistquotes/a/Quotes_Van_Gogh.htm

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/quotes.html

http://www.artquotes.net/masters/vangogh_quotes.htm

http://www.inspirationpeak.com/cgi-bin/search.cgisearch=Vincent+Van+Gogh

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The Potato Eaters ( peasants)

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/potatoindex.html

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsppage=1303&collection=1294&lang=en

http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/f05/michalak/the_potato_eaters.html

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• This site is specifically on The Red Vineyard. Very good

insite to the life of Van Gogh and his passion to

capture life on canvas.

http://www.nicks.com.au/Index.aspx?link_id=76.1257

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Sunflowers

http://www.vggallery.com/misc/sunflowers.htm

http://web.l2artist.com:8083/modules/tinyd0/index.php?id=36

http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/sunflower2.html

http://www.nader.org/template.php?/archives/582-Van-GoghsSunflowers.html

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Irises

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/paintings/1889-8.html

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/irises/

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsppage=3790&collection=625&lang=en

Van Gogh Techniques

The sites below are all on the techniques used by Van Gogh.

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com/techniques.html

Here are sites on dotted pointillist technique or Neo Impressionism

These sites explain Pointillist or Neo Impressionism but do not talk

much about Van Gogh.

http://www.reviewpainting.com/pointillism.htm

http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Emerson/pntmat.html

http://arthistory.heindorffhus.dk/frame-Style15-Impressionism-02.htm

http://blogs.princeton.edu/wri152-3/sdsherma/

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/seni/hd_seni.htm

http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/qtippointillism.shtm

These sites show Van Gogh pointillism.

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=2081&collection=621&lang=en

http://www.vggallery.com/painting/over_02.htm

Here is a good site on a lesson plan for teaching the method

"hatching".

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ArtMDHatchingVanGoghP12.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatching_system

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This is a lesson on impressionism style using Van Goghs

"Self Portrait With a Straw Hat" 

http://www.impressionism.org/teachimpress/browse/lesson7.htm

This site is very detailed on "The Straw Hat".

http://painting.about.com/od/famouspainters/ig/Van-

Gogh-and-Expressionism/Van-Gogh-Straw-Hat-Portrait.htm 

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Here is a great hands on lesson teaching the different layers of landscape painting.

http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Art_History/ARH0008.html

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Van Gogh and Japonisme

http://www.artelino.com/articles/van_gogh_japonisme.asp

http://www.nga.gov/education/vgt_slide7_8.shtm

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=25340&lang=en

http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/vangogh.htm

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This site shares a broad number of techniques and the color palette.

http://www.vangoghreproductions.com

http://painting.about.com/cs/colourtheory/a/palette_VanGogh.htm

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Information on Impasto Style

http://www.vangoghartprints.net/van_gogh_art.html

http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/impasto-presto!-lesson-plan/

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Coloring Pages

http://www3.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsppage=3790&collection=625&lang=en

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/paint/artists/vangogh/coloring/starrynight.shtml

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/artists/coloring/v.shtml

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updates and new web pages.