Van Gogh was an artist but when he was still alive,his art wasn't recognized by anyone. He was a poor man when he was alive and only a few people purchased his art work.
He has a brother named Theo and he would sometimes but hardly ever would send him some money and Van Gogh would go to his favourite restaurant to eat.
He made his paintings non realistic but they were very good paintings. His style of painting was to do lines on his marvellous art work. Even though no one liked them.
Once he got so mad that he cut his ear off. He sent it in a shoe box and posted it to his wife. That was gross but the unimaginable thing was that he was still alive. The worst thing is that he had shot himself and 2 days later he had died and committed suicide. The reason he did that was because hardly anyone liked his art. After alot of years people started to recognize his paintings and they would pay heaps of money for it. That was Van Goghs sad life.
This sounds more dramatic than Shortland Street! What a story.
ReplyDeleteTake a look at paragraph 2 Matthew. It is one sentence with 2-3 ideas
1. he has a brother
2. Theo sent him money sometimes
3. Van Gogh goes to eat at his favourite restaurant
Those each need to be in a seperate sentence.
I thought your Starry Starry Night painting was a great copy, it looks good on the wall above where you sit in class. Well done.
Hi Matthew,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading about this famous artist. It was sad that his talent wasn't recognised while he ws alive.
From Mrs Clarke