 Vincent Van Gogh: Sower with Setting Sun PaintingHello and welcome to our Online Philosophy Gift Shop of Fine Art Prints, Posters, Men's and Women's T-Shirts, Clothing & Apparel. Below you will find a short biography of the famous Post Impressionist artist, Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890), followed by 70 unique products printed with the Van Gogh painting, 'Sower with the Setting Sun' (1888) and quote; 'Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.' (Vincent Van Gogh) We hope you find our selection interesting and useful. Karene Jade Howie |
 Vincent Van Gogh Brief BiographyVincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter and draughtsman after Rembrandt. With Cézanne and Gauguin, Van Gogh is recognised as one of the great Post Impressionist artists. He powerfully influenced the current of Expressionism in modern art. His work, all of it produced during a period of only 10 years, hauntingly conveys through its striking colour, coarse brushwork, and contoured forms the anguish of a mental illness that eventually resulted in suicide. He sold one painting in his lifetime. http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/ About the painting, 'Sower with the Setting Sun' (1888) Inspired by Jean-Francois Millet's 'Sower' from 1850, Van Gogh had tried several times to produce a serious painting on the same theme as the French master's chef d'oeuvre. 'The sketch keeps tormenting me', he wrote to his brother Theo, 'and I wonder whether I shouldn't tackle it seriously and make a terrific painting of it. My God! how I should like to do that'. He envisaged the ultimate masterpiece as speaking 'a symbolic language through colour alone', and in this sense it was to be a truly modern piece. Vincent Van Gogh's first serious attempt at working with extravagant colour thus apparently had an enduring importance for him, 'The sower will always represent my first real attempt in the genre. The night café continues from the sower, as does the head of the old peasant and the poet. It is thus a colour which is not true from the point of view of a realistic trompe loeil, but a colour which suggests one sort of emotion, a passionate temperament.' (Van Gogh). (J. van der Wolk, 'Vincent Van Gogh: Paintings and Drawings', Rizzoli, 1990) |
Hello and welcome to the Philosophy Shop. We have a beautiful gallery of famous portraits and fine art prints with profound quotes from many of the greatest minds of human history - making it simple and easy to find artful intelligent gifts for friends and family (and yourself of course!).
We have purchased a variety of things (posters, journals, calendars, caps, t-shirts, buttons, coffee mugs, etc.) and can confirm their high quality. But most importantly, the daily experience of seeing these portraits and words of wisdom is a cheerful reminder of the more noble and beautiful aspects of our human nature & creativity.
So stand out from the crowd (and get some interesting comments!) with our cool collection of clothing, prints and apparel!
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Hope you enjoy browsing around. Cheers,
Karene Jade Howie
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YOUR SHOP KEEPER: KARENE
HOWIE My partner (philosopher Geoff Haselhurst) and I are building a large philosophy website which is the source (and inspiration) for most of the Philosophy images and quotes in this shop. Below are some of our favourite philosophers / quotes and links to relevant pages of our website. Philosophy (which is ultimately about Wisdom from Truth and Reality) is important to our world (all proceeds from this shop are used to promote our work on Philosophy). Thus we also hope that you find our philosophy website interesting! Cheers, Karene. (December, 2009) |
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Metaphysics Reality |
Einstein's Relativity |
Quantum Physics |
Cosmology Universe |
Philosophy Truth |
Evolution Utopia |
Theology Morality |
Philosophy Sexuality |
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