2012 Vincent van Gogh Landscapes Calendar

A dozen famous Vincent van Gogh post impressionism fine art paintings are featured in this 2012 impressionist calendar. January - Landscape at Auvers in the Rain February - Green Wheat Field with Cypress March - Pasture in Bloom April - Plain Near Auvers May - View of Arles with Irises in the Foreground June - Wheat Fields at Auvers Under Clouded Sky July - Wheat Field at Auvers with White House August - Green Wheat Fields September - Field with Poppies October - Olive Grove: Orange Sky November - Wheat Field with Crows December - Landscape Under a Stormy Sky3 Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, noteable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold colour, 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 recognisable style that became fully realised during his stay in Arles in 1888.