Lydia Vagts, Cunningham Associate Conservator of Paintings Delve into Van Gogh’s working style, techniques, and tools to gain a perspective into the artist’s studio. October 13, 2015
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@leighfoulkes72972 ай бұрын
This was so fantastic. Nice to see someone take Van Gogh work so seriously instead of just talking about his sad life.
@armyforlife3191 Жыл бұрын
Van Gogh is my favorite artist He was able to express his emotions and thoughts through a brush or pen. That and more is why he has a special place in my heart and Vante’s
@peipeiinHK4 жыл бұрын
The sad thing is that we never get to meet and talk to these masters ! Love this!
@garynoble43202 жыл бұрын
you never know who will be the next master.... maybe there is one living next door. Get involved with the local artists' scene
@ytdavidkwei2 жыл бұрын
Master often "becomes" after this life and their time. They see things before we can see. You never know, maybe you are talking with master "now" but won't know until future. 😅
@carienw2 жыл бұрын
Im his cousin. Thank you.
@nickfanzo2 жыл бұрын
There are masters alive right now, go meet them
@monaminas Жыл бұрын
In their masterpieces is everything you could find out in a conversation. Mostly about the things they could not speak out freely, without being judged or rejected. Their work is the mirror of their souls.
@stilzslo3 жыл бұрын
Van Gogh was a Beast it’s amazing how much talent he had
@tiadiad3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. I will never get tired of learning about Vincent. His life and letters to Theo are a work of art in themselves.
@aishar8873 жыл бұрын
I'm a Fine Arts student here in Spain and it's wonderful that you provide such detailed and rich videos like this. I loved this one and I may continue watching more to help me understand more diverse procedures to paint. Thank you very much.
@heidiankers108 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, he is a hero for so many of us!
@KpxUrz5745 Жыл бұрын
Incredibly interesting. Having studied this artist for decades, I remain utterly amazed at his monumental prolific output, and each piece with such intense originality. By force of his will he became almost incomprehensibly skilled. It can be hard to believe, but there are some people who deny Vincent's true abilities. What I would say to them is that they should pick up a tool to draw or paint, and give it a try. They will quickly see how difficult it is. His vision is inimitable.
@AudiobookLibrary24-77 жыл бұрын
I could listen to ideas on Vincent Van Gogh all day long!
@v3le4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to his biography for whole my life!
@RedSoxKal7 жыл бұрын
Thanks MFA. This video is a gem. I would love to see the same about Rembrandt's materials and practices as well as Da Vinci.
@kamsiahkhatib39785 жыл бұрын
Talented people must discover who he is otherwise at the end of the road he will start questioning ??? The Creater...so close!!!!
@Iamkayaky7 жыл бұрын
Very thorough and analytical: much appreciated.
@octopuscaveman9291 Жыл бұрын
It's amazing that stuff like this is free to watch on the internet
@shirleystenberg74187 жыл бұрын
I am so grateful for these videos. I really makes my membership to the MFA more of a treasure.
@pietlebrun59435 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for realising these videos for public worldwide!
@jenniechen246 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! So valuable video! I really enjoy watching and learn a lot!
@Ravenzpeak6 жыл бұрын
I really love this...what a great way to describe the evolution of his work. Adds so much more to our understanding and appreciation of this wonderful artist..Thumbs up Lydia - thanks for this video!
@IkegamiLisa5 жыл бұрын
I can't get over how informative this is. I was searching the internet for Van Gogh's process, and this presentation answered that question and SO MANY MORE that I had as well. Especially loved the box of yarn- now I can see all of his paintings as studies in balls of yarn! I was thrilled to see the information about his palette to his brother Theo .
@geico1975 Жыл бұрын
@Ellie5621 HA! I only laugh because I can barely draw stick men much less paint a picture. I thoroughly enjoy taking in what others have created, and it's amazing people can create such meaning and beauty through painting/drawing art. Like everyone else, I'm sure, I'll look at something and think to myself, I'd love to do that! I get these ideas about a painting in my mind, but then I think no way I could do that. Then, I'll watch videos like this one and read comments of folks discussing a specific technique about drawing and painting, then I'll think. Even if I could potentially create the picture in my head, I'm reminded, oh! Wait. There's an entire other extensive study of art. How to actually do it:) HA!
@yvonnefarrell10299 ай бұрын
I'll never look at a plain old dishtowel the same way again. What a great lecture; thanks!
@masoodakhtar19376 жыл бұрын
very informative and helpful for me as well as for my students. Thanks for sharing.
@judithbetts4536 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this most informative talk!
@4TUNECHINGSAN3 жыл бұрын
The best video and explanation about the painting process in XIX century, congrats!!!
@jackhillard78315 жыл бұрын
Amazing X-ray images. Sends goosebumps through me. I’m also impressed with primary color usage.
@worbjorb2 жыл бұрын
this helped me a lot with an art assessment thank you for uploading this!!!
@nealart3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this.
@Dee.yankeeintexasАй бұрын
The episode of Vincent and the Doctor on the BBC Series Doctor Who is why I’m obsessed with Van Gogh. I consider myself lucky to have been able to attend the immersive event here in Houston. I would go see it again.
@killawhatt86202 жыл бұрын
I studied one of his painting of a night sky, OMG. It blew my mind, his brush strokes we horizontal and vertical and very close together, but with just enough tiny space in between that it created a look of stars in’s the night sky!i. dk know what the paintings title was. I was impressed. Genius !
@Theodora_Chandrinou3 жыл бұрын
Congratulations for this presentation!! My pupils love Vincent Van Gogh!! Best wishes from Greece, Theodora Chandrinou, Artist and Art Teacher 🌻
@NickVenture12 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the interesting presentation.The Art historian mentioned the new technology capable of analyzing much better the weaving of canvasses and helpful to identify the chronology of their creation in relation to other paintings done on a same batch of canvas. This is called "Thread Count" and the expertise is also called "TCR" which stands for "Thread Count Report". This technique which is now a very important part of art expertise not only for canvasses attributed to Van Gogh but also to more ancient masters, was pioneered by Proffessor Johnson from the USA who has a lot of merit for having contributed with his mathematic algorythms to the initially unrelated field of art expertise. I like to mention this here including his name because in the presentation were just mentionned "scientists". Professor Johnson continues to build up a very rich database of thousands of canvas "TCR" which indeed constitute a kind of growing genealogy of the several masters oeuvres he is now involved in.
@bernarddoran75302 жыл бұрын
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@bernarddoran75302 жыл бұрын
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@Myst1654 жыл бұрын
The part where she says how he used wool just blew my mind!
@the1stime8 ай бұрын
Vincent Faun Haugh The “haugh” pronunciation is like clearing your throat and rolling an R at the same time. The first H has a slight G in it, like Hgaugh. Not easy for Americans like me but for those that love Vincent intensely, it’s more than worth the effort.
@sarahmiller61835 жыл бұрын
This has been fantastic. I loved the presentation. Thank you!
@IngyMagdy-GyDesign0.05 ай бұрын
loved your passion for what you do and how you are interested in what you are saying... you kept me interested in each single word you've said..
@MiiPaintings3 жыл бұрын
Amaaazing video. Thank you for this. It helped me so much. Greetings from artist from the Czech republic
@TheElegantZoe7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thank you
@decoratedway2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic discussion and examples. Thank you.
@richardbond2585 жыл бұрын
These negative comments are just petty. This was a great lecture. I enjoy the different perspective. Thank you for sharing.
@ivanabusic24546 жыл бұрын
What a life. It's next to crazy the dedication, creativity and energy which took to paint so much in such and short time. Genius.
@bio-plasmictoad53115 жыл бұрын
Just imagine if he never died, would of been interesting to see what his style had become in later life. But some things are not meant to be.
@nickfanzo2 жыл бұрын
He had drive. More people need it these days instead of being distracted
@GNeis73452 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this video, i decided to go and learn Art Appreciation, ! and so far Vincent Van Gogh is the one so far who touch my soul.
@777-Phil7 жыл бұрын
Extreme thanks for your thoughtful, empathetic, perceptive, and techniques-centered exposition. This is very satisfying to my extreme curiosity of artists' excellencies per se. Utmost blessings!
@lisengel24986 жыл бұрын
Great to listen to your lecture and truly inspiring to go deep into his technique because his painting style is very sensuous, very unique and you can somehow feel the movements of the colors as a strong vibration of your whole bodymind. But I also think that Van Gogh’s paintings in a very strong manner show what artistic quality is: that the painting effects you in a very direct way in the present. The history and all the technical details are interesting but it is the painting that tell a story that can move us again and again. I do love to watch his paintings and truly appreciate this modern way of experiencing them even if it is only on a screen -
@jankocelebic51246 жыл бұрын
Tremendous work.I can't draw a stickman.I try to do what he did with photographs.I mean I can try at least.But seeing his paintings makes photography look like a kids play.No camera can capture textures and colors in such a beautiful way.
@johncastle82547 жыл бұрын
I love the late Van Gogh and studied his technique I made stretchers of the same size and used similar size brushes ,looked closely at his under painting and compositions ,you start to realize that he had many contrasts in surface and drawing line ,it's always horrible to see the clumsy way people paint usually with one brush backwards and forwards with no thought ,every part of Van Gogh paintings is drawn ,but they are all very different ,for instant the ( road Menders ) the trees have thick solid lines whereas the workers are sketched in thin red lines and are white whereas a lady passing is solid black ,the foreground of rubble is greys and blues at the bottom in contrast with the yellow at the top of the leaves .To paint this fast in oils you need a lot of clean brushes , one mark , you discard your brush ,take up clean brush make mark discard and so on ,this way you have to decide on every stroke ,when you run out of brushes ,you stop clean them all and begin again .The undulating form of the ground and the sky and the landscape was captured in Vincent's brushwork so beautiful ,field with stacks of wheat is one of my favs .exaggerate the essential and leave the rest vague ,great quote of his .
@rm1045 жыл бұрын
Let's see your work, master.
@jianhe6305 жыл бұрын
An inspirational comment. Thank you!
@sabbottart5 жыл бұрын
Any style of painting in any medium requires lots of clean brushes.
@mona22424 жыл бұрын
John Castle thanks for your input.
@harishreddy40344 жыл бұрын
Could you elaborate on your knowledge of the type of brushes he used? If you look at his Irises, he seems to manage broad strokes with fine line control, and I've always wondered about what type of brushes he may have used. Thanks.
@AudiobookLibrary24-77 жыл бұрын
Great talk. Amazing information!
@richardho90257 жыл бұрын
i must learn from all master that I like most.
@lawrencealtaffer18134 жыл бұрын
An excellent lecture. Merci
@nwhittingham4 жыл бұрын
splendid talk, thanks
@frankblangeard88654 жыл бұрын
Vincent took himself and his paintings so seriously.
@Johnconno2 жыл бұрын
@Sub D France You reckon eh?
@warriorson79792 жыл бұрын
He was consumed by mental illness.
@artisntdead84222 жыл бұрын
That’s what mental illness does
@nickfanzo2 жыл бұрын
@@warriorson7979 not all driven and passionate artists are mentally ill. And Van Gogh may have also been on the spectrum.
@user-yb8vr2ip2t2 жыл бұрын
Yes, and Van Gogh didn't even use glitter, macaroni or hot glue guns. Just imagine...
@FFrankie26 жыл бұрын
Its great, thank you!
@molly99296 жыл бұрын
Even they aren't realistic, they seem so real, it's surreal.
@user-qp3my6rh7k5 жыл бұрын
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@cornegeyer26814 жыл бұрын
@@user-qp3my6rh7k what is this alien text i just discovered
@dj95434 жыл бұрын
@@cornegeyer2681 Hebrew
@pamelajordan59483 жыл бұрын
No showed the pain of people working in fields trying to feed there hungry families what no oh God
@nickfanzo2 жыл бұрын
You can capture the soul and vail of existence without illustrating realistically. And we have cameras now that can do that.
@xxxCYCOxxx6 жыл бұрын
very interesting thanks amazing information
@nimitz17399 ай бұрын
This is awesome. Also the first question is exactly what I was wondering as well. 1:13:06 nice lesson!
@caroltownsend27223 жыл бұрын
Completely enjoyed your vidio --- It was very Informent---
@feconway51802 жыл бұрын
Thank you Museum of Fine Arts
@luzrodas5192 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! Thank you!
@mousumimunsi46517 жыл бұрын
just amazing like amazon
@cngreen29503 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@cl03cl5 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@nuraybayhan40896 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for this an excelent presentation.
@fbpliegorrivero88694 жыл бұрын
Excellent, congratulations 🎊
@auroramoreno26427 жыл бұрын
Perfect !!!!
@sofiaaraya84015 жыл бұрын
Video gave detailed and in depth information. Although wording was advanced, it is unlike any other.
@feconway51802 жыл бұрын
If u like to fast fwd 10, 20, 120 seconds, double, triple click on right side of screen on an 🍎📲11. I loved that the Art were titled. To review I used Rewind feature also. Double, triple click @Left side, if u wish to.
@AReneeDesign236 жыл бұрын
Excellent information and SO much of it! It is all good but kinda long for me...:)
@r1mdmvh3 жыл бұрын
Precious content
@ricochetsixtyten4 жыл бұрын
Van Goghs paintings are alive
@Zincink2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing.
@banzy36 жыл бұрын
18:07 Nice save, almost said his surname there! :) Very interesting video, thank you.
@feconway51802 жыл бұрын
2015-18, speakers were mispronouncing Gogh as “Go”. A 2021 documentary distinguished the pronunciation as “GOF” (difficult in Dutch) & cited Gogh’s letters signed “van gof” for those reasons. Yes artsy detail. Loved it too
@cathylarkins99492 жыл бұрын
Vincent has always been one of my favorites
@MSTJRI6 жыл бұрын
Dear Lydia Vagts, Thank you for this wondefull presenation,there is somthing that always intrigues me about great painters.Did Vincent Van Gogh paint, reproduce and sign works of other great apinters in order to sell them for subsistance(during difficult times) while waiting for his brother money to come.Thank you dear Lydia
@traiguen10004 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing!!!
@clydejohn56427 жыл бұрын
Thank You for the Video. I myself believe that he never through away paint. When he had unfinish pieces. Say he had left over Blue or Brown. He would use the excess paint quickly addind the left over oaint to the pieces accordingly. I have painted many of his Master Pieces. I find that the Process is a slow processs. By adding pigment to them I smaller amounts of paint. Quickly or Rapidly but always with Authority. I have heard that he sometimes did Two to Three. I struggle to complete just one a day. But adding color here and there allows me to end up with Several or More a Month. I caught betreen Vincent Van Gogh and Claude Oscar Monet.
@bethbabson9135 жыл бұрын
@The Magnificent Whalens stop harassing people.
@mojophe16172 жыл бұрын
Vincent was a fan of illustrators and collected illustrations which inspired some of his works.
@vedros68223 ай бұрын
If Vincent was watching this lecture he would learn a lot about himself and painting
@DutchCreekRanch18 ай бұрын
Nice presentation
@robcoghan52042 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@binke54583 жыл бұрын
The first time I saw Van Gogh's works, I was deeply attracted by the kind of vitality of art, until later I read the biography of Van Gogh three times.
@eveny1197 жыл бұрын
The surface of the 2 pieces to be restored (1:11:12 ) may not look as natural as Van Gogh had wanted, but it appears to me that the top layer is there to protect the color and keeps the pigment in place. These 2 at the end of the talk seem lovely and vibrant on my monitor. Unless it has discolored or in some way damaged the piece I would rather it be left alone. Anyone else agree/disagree?
@Herr2Cents2 жыл бұрын
I wondered why it was so glossy.
@DJSTOEK2 жыл бұрын
🖤
@williamschlenger15183 жыл бұрын
As an artist myself I can understand the probably.I hate ordering on line.Most local art stores are shut down due to the pandemic.
@JamesCrandallPainting2 жыл бұрын
Academics feel the need to attribute INTENTION to every aspect of an artist’s work… even when there probably is none. (Sometimes unpainted canvas is just a bug, not a feature)
@Gringle_8 ай бұрын
He used the bare canvas like that all the time bro...he definitely did it intentionally
@the1stime8 ай бұрын
True. In his letters to Theo he talks about his desire to draw and paint fast. He finished a few paintings in as little as an hour. Towards the end of his life he would finish 2-3 paintings a day. He also talked about capturing the essentials and leaving the rest vague. Allowing the under painting to show through isn’t always intentional, it just happens when the goal is quick expression.
@AB.9264 жыл бұрын
Please do Monet that would be lovely
@EndOfEntertainment7 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff :)
@sabrinanascimento52484 жыл бұрын
I love this Artist. Yes, he did cut off his ear.😂 I like his style. I did a Re-enactment of his Sunflowers 🌻. I did a portrait of Vincent but it didn’t turn out well, I painted him fat. I don’t know what happened 😂. I use Acrylic paint, it’s different than oil. No wonder he turned out fat. .
@contessathecat62373 жыл бұрын
Sabrina Nascimento lol
@Divertedflight4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised that the Ultramarine blue was more expensive than cobalt blue in Van Gogh's time. Now that's dramatically reversed. Ultramarine blue is now among the cheapest of oil colours to buy, with the cobalts being the most costly. I've used original Geranium lake from an old tube dating from the 1960's. It starts off a beautiful deep fuschia rose but in mere months quickly fades in light to a light reddish orange. It seems to spend more of it's life this second colour before; if placed in direct sunlight; disappearing completely within a year. I've often wondered how much Van Gogh planned for its secondary appearance.
@Sophie-uc8vp3 жыл бұрын
I have oils from the 1960's I inherited from my godfather, I'm almost reluctant to use them due to sentiment but your observation has intrigued me; I shall test them with great interest!
@Herr2Cents2 жыл бұрын
@@Sophie-uc8vp how did it go?
@guldenaydin99182 жыл бұрын
❤
@Drrameshyoutube4 жыл бұрын
Sure
@erinpanjer67684 жыл бұрын
For the first question, how did Vangogh avoid muddy colours when working quickly outside. Possibly just the heat of the day, I find that on nice summer days the paint dries surprisingly quickly and it's optimal to work on sunny bright warm days, the palette dries up very quickly!
@orhanuralortac25666 ай бұрын
👍🙏
@narendra6722 жыл бұрын
🎄
@artdistrict73414 жыл бұрын
To find out more about Vincent Van Gogh and his paintings go to : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aeBkq9qXsriaj4E.html
@anthonyfowler86345 жыл бұрын
Very insightful thoughts on his works. As for his personality and the effects on his art can be explained by his childhood temporal lobe epilepsy. We can look to history and others who had this malady such as Joan of Arc or another artist Antoine Watteau. The desire to be creative and fulfill a desire that came along with voices. This epilepsy has been around forever producing very creative individuals some of whom had super human abilities and all being very psychic. How do I know this? I as well had this epilepsy as a child and the Van Gogh Museum has known of me for a long time. Ask yourself why this would be.
@yelassinacoulibaly8192 жыл бұрын
🌈❤️❤️❤️🍀🌻🌹🙏👣🌈
@umranozluk77472 жыл бұрын
How can I listen it as a Turkish
@pacopakito45762 жыл бұрын
VAN GOKHH
@nickdryad4 жыл бұрын
Do any ordinary art lovers talk about Mauve, Teersteeg or Rapport. they were his critics, his competitors and detractors. Van Gogh defied them to essentially create expressionism. Yes, he had serious personality issues probably borderline personality disorder. But his legacy is of inestimable value.
@user-nd7yg9gv9t2 жыл бұрын
01:27:03
@sorryrocco2 жыл бұрын
Its not the canvas that shrinks and expands, its the timber strecher frames.
@danielgaravito11722 жыл бұрын
Por favor traduscalo en español gracias me intereza mucho o que sutitulado en español doblemente gracias la cultura se tiene que divrrsicar entre mas se conozca mejor para todos
@user-gb6gs3fe8m4 жыл бұрын
知りたかったのだ。どうしたらこう描けるのか?あらゆるものを描く。
@the1stime8 ай бұрын
There’s 3 steps to learning how to draw/paint… -Practice -Practice -Practice
@Divertedflight4 жыл бұрын
To say Van Gogh I don't think it's necessary to use the sounds that are not part of standard English. Personally I think it sounds a bit affected, and we are perfectly used to using Anglo versions of thousands of other words and names. So how to say it with what we do use in English? "Van" is not said like the motor vehicle. It's closer to the German "Von" but softer; so the V is more like a short F. "Fon". On to the Gogh. Now you know that Austrian squarish hand gun popular in the United States and their crime shows? The Gloch. Try saying this, then remove the "L" "Goch". And there you have it _____"Fon Goch"_______ it looks strange in print, but it works.
@shuttlefeather3 жыл бұрын
kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ecufaqhit52cqaM.html Vincent van Gogh pronunciation
@Trixtah Жыл бұрын
Most of us anglophones say "van goff" - it's far from ideal, and as you say, you can get a better approximation without having to use the Dutch -gh sound - but I really have no idea why Americans say "van go", it's completely bizarre.
@elektrozil97283 жыл бұрын
First question; Who's Van Gogh?
@jehovahuponyou Жыл бұрын
I HAVE A 3 SECOND ATTENTION SPAN (LOL!!!), *BBBUUUTTT* , I WATCHED THIS WHOLE VIDEO AND WAS NEVER ONCE BORED INTO A COMA - THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT *THIS WAS A VERY WELL-DONE VIDEO* , ALSO I LOVE VINCENT - BRAVO TO THE MAKER(S) OF THIS VIDEO, AND BRAVO TO MY DEAR FRIEND, Mr. VINCENT VAN GOGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!