th With Two Figures." The painting had a lonely and a depressive feeling to it. Right after he painted this he wrote a note to Theo saying "I feela failure. Thats it as far as I'm concerned I feel that this is the destiny that I accept, that will never change." (Mark Hardens Artchive)One of the last paintings Van Gogh did was "Wheat Field With Crows." There's dark clouds in the background that seem hopeless and depressive. Psychologist say that Van Gogh might have had polar disorder, which means manic depression. On July 27, 1890 Vincent killed himself with a gunshot to the chest and then six months later Theo died of lung disease. (Encyclopedia of Arts)Van Gogh is considered one of the most powerful Expressionist. His paintings sell for millions of dollars today even though he only sold one during his lifetime. (Voyager)VINCENT VAN GOGHJon MarcsResearch PaperExploring Visual ArtsRusss Farthington3/26/99WORK CITED"Vincent Van Gogh." Mark Harden's Artchive http://www.artchive.com/artchive/ftptoc/vangogh/vangogh_bio.html (7 April 99)"Van Gogh: Starry Night." Voyager http://voyager.learntech.com/cdrom/cataologpage.cgi?starrynight (7 April 99)"Vincent Van Gogh." Encyclopedia.com http://www.encyclopedia.com/articles/13346.html (7 April 99)"The Bulfinch Guide to Art History." Shearer West Ref 700.9 B871gu page 475"Encyclopedia of the Arts." Ref 703 En19 1966 pg 348...
