Group 1 ) Starry Nights
10 Questions
Q1 ) Why is Vincent Van Gogh famous ?
He is the greatest Dutch painter but only got famous after his death. His artworks are one of the most expensive ever sold in auction.
Q2 ) Why is there a village in the painting ?
Vincent Van Gogh painted this painting from his window oh his Asylum room and painted an idealised village for him.
Q3 ) What is Vincent Van Gogh doing in a mental asylum ?
He is a delusional and a psychotic man threatening his friend and offering his own mutilated ear to a prostitute as a gift. He admitted himself and stayed in the mental asylum.
Q4 ) What is Vincent Van Gogh relationship with the prostitute ?
He spent a long time together with a prostitute named Clasina Maria Hoornik , his mistress , during his time in Netherlands. She used her as a model for his painting.
Q5 ) Was their relationship accepted by others ?
No. His family disapprove of their relationship and he lost one financial support source from his family.
Q6 ) Who supported Vincent Van Gogh financially?
Anton Mauve , his cousin-in-law and his brother , Theo , but he lost the support from Anton Mauve as he kept a prostitute as a mistress.
Q7 ) What happened to the prostitute later in his time ?
She killed herself by jumping in a river as she felt that she was a whore and that is the only ending a whore would have.
Q8 ) What does the painting Starry Starry Nights means to Vincent Van Gogh ?
He drew a sun rising/setting on a village from his view in the mental asylum while facing east.
Q9 ) Did he attempt his painting once ?
He drew this painting not more than 20 times before finalising with Starry Starry Nights
Q10 ) Do you think he is a good painter ?
I can't paint a fly. So i would assume he is an amazing painter.
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