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van Gogh's night paintings, including Starry Night over the Rhone, emphasize the importance he placed in capturing the sparkling colors of the night sky and the artificial lighting that was new to this period. SOURCE:Awesome Art, Fine art archive

Irises is a painting by the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. It was one of his first works while at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France in the last year before his death in 1890. SOURCE: Awesome Art, Image Archive

He began to paint sunflowers to decorate a bedroom for his friend Paul Gauguin. SOURCE: Awesome Art, Fine art image archive!

Danaë was a popular subject in the early 1900’s for many artists; she was used as the quintessential symbol of divine love SOURCE: Awesome Art, Fine art image archive

Vincent said - "I want to get to the point where people say of my work that man feels deeply." He was truly a man of sorrows. SOURCE: Fine art image archive, Awesome Art

No wonder it's the most expensive painting in the world, Klimt's 'The Kiss' had real gold flakes mixed into the oil paint!

Man leaning over and kissing kneeling woman. All shrouded in symbolically patterned gold. A bed of flowers below them. The Kiss has real gold flakes in the paint!

His publicity-seeking antics, commercialism, and encouragement of art-world trickery that made fake Dalí prints an industry caused some to brand him a charlatan. SOURCE: Awesome Art, Fine art image archive

He was one of the greatest colorists in Florence and a master of the rhythmic line. He became a favorite painter of the Medici. SOURCE: Awesome Art, Fine art image archive spanning Classical to Cubism!

Abandoning the late 19th century European idea that art should imitate nature Abstract art does not strive to create accurate representations of any forms or objects. SOURCE Awesome Art, Fine art image archive