Van Gogh's Starry night

**Querubín** · 10-24-2013, 10:46 AM

Van Gogh is my favorite painter for his technique. I love the way you draw. But, you can not appreciate that in a vulgar copy. You have to see his paintings live to really enjoy it. On the other hand, every house decor should always have a sense. Which can be easily broken by a painting of van gogh. Me in my house I have many pictures, looks like a museum, and we had to decorate it with great care. If you buy a copy, you should know that you do a very risky bet.

**Querubín** · 10-24-2013, 10:47 AM

Originally Posted by FaerieQueene

It's a great idea. I'd love to have a copy of Starry Night in my house one day myself. The best painting by Van Gogh.

I prefer some of his self-portraits

**Drawing-slim** · 10-24-2013, 11:23 AM

It's almost like You can live his level of depression staring at his paintings. A very depressed mind that strove for simplicity and comfort. His paintings of the peasants laying in the field relaxing under the sun is something very special as well.

**Rudel** · 10-24-2013, 11:33 AM

I prefer his Nuit étoilée sur le Rhône.

But yeah, the paintings he's made in Provence towards the end of his life, may it be in Saint-Rémy like OP's or in Arles like this one, are his bests.

Jeanne Calment, who's the longest living person ever recorded (born in 1875 and died in 1997) apparently met him in her youth (she's from Arles). Makes one wonder.

Originally Posted by Jackson

I don't really like it. Looks too 'stylised' and the style of painting is not very nice. But that's my opinion. I find this style much better:

That's so cheesy. I call those the toilets paintings, because that's where I'd put them.

If it's only for landscapes, I'd rather have some Gellée or Turner.

**~~Äike~~** · 10-24-2013, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Querubín

Van Gogh is my favorite painter for his technique. I love the way you draw. But, you can not appreciate that in a vulgar copy. You have to see his paintings live to really enjoy it. On the other hand, every house decor should always have a sense. Which can be easily broken by a painting of van gogh. Me in my house I have many pictures, looks like a museum, and we had to decorate it with great care. If you buy a copy, you should know that you do a very risky bet.

The Starry night is a very nocturnal painting and describes me well.

Also, I don't about vulgar copies, but over here, certain machines can make practically identical copies from the paintings. I studied art and art history in upper secondary school and learnt about all art from the stone age to the 20th century thus I know all art styles quite well.

**Kazimiera** · 10-24-2013, 03:05 PM

I love this cake! Birthday cake for Karl.

**Kazimiera** · 10-24-2013, 03:13 PM

Karl's wedding cake!

**Querubín** · 10-24-2013, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Äike

The Starry night is a very nocturnal painting and describes me well.

Also, I don't about vulgar copies, but over here, certain machines can make practically identical copies from the paintings. I studied art and art history in upper secondary school and learnt about all art from the stone age to the 20th century thus I know all art styles quite well.

The question is not whether the painting describes you or not. It is if it fits well with the rest of the decor. For example, if your furniture is baroque, a painting of this kind will squeak. However, other décor can have a very good result. That's all I'm saying. You must consider where you will place the painting.

And? All my life I've been associated with all kinds of art ( historians , painters , sculptors , restorers ... ) . I even helped in technical research since I was very young. I can assure you that what you have learned , it has nothing to do with what you know a professional art . And I can also assure you that a copy made by a machine produces a much smaller effect on the viewer because it collects a lot of nuances that can only give a man because it's like seeing a photo . And the effect that produces a live picture , does not produce in photography . Further, there are nuances that even a skilled copyist in an artist can capture . I understand that a copy industry is cheap , but you must not forget what I'm saying. If you like the work and see that you can be right in your room , buy it . But you can not forget that not only be a copy of a good deed, it will generate a good effect.

larali · 10-24-2013, 04:04 PM

Originally Posted by Äike

If I want to see nature, I just step out of my home, Estonia is 50% forest and our well-preserved nature and wildlife is well-known across Europe. Thus having a painting of nature and trees would be a bit dull

That's something I envy about Estonia, and I'm not joking. I love nature.

As far as the painting goes, it's alright, not my style personally but I think it would be nice in a bedroom.

**~~Äike~~** · 10-24-2013, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by Querubín

The question is not whether the painting describes you or not. It is if it fits well with the rest of the decor. For example, if your furniture is baroque, a painting of this kind will squeak. However, other décor can have a very good result. That's all I'm saying. You must consider where you will place the painting.

I mostly have IKEA furniture (especially my kitchen which is 100% IKEA). My living room has a IKEA couch, a bookcase that I restored, a 46-inch Samsung LED TV and a fireplace.

I live in a renovated old wooden building that's under protection (I can't change the 80-year old wooden floor, the old windows, the old doors etc), there's a lot of white in my apartment. The walls, radiators and the windows frames are white + the wooden floor is light. The "dark" painting would be like a contrast