Seascapes and Rivers by Vincent van Gogh Calendar

A beautiful 12 month calendar featuring vintage post impressionism fine art paintings by Vincent van Gogh. January - Starry Night Over The Rhone February - View of the Sea at Scheveningen March - Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing April - Fishing in the Spring, the Pont de Clichy May - Seascape at Saintes-Maries June - Bridges Across the Seine at Asnieres July - View of a River with Rowing Boats August - Bank of the Oise at Auvers September - The Banks of the Seine October - The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam November - Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges December - Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes Maries Back Cover - Seascape at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour, he 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 recognizable style that became fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.