Vincent Van Gogh's Life, Health and Artworks during his Stay in the Sanatorium in Saint-Remy from May 1889 to May 1890

Abstract

It is unanimously accredited that creativity may be linked intimately with insanity or some other kinds of pain, like a health disorder, illness, phobias or emotional turmoil. The romanticized view is that the artist is aiming to recompense these occurrences in their lives by producing incredible and amazing art pieces. Such instances of artists that may possibly fit the thought that there is a connection between imaginative brilliance and mental, emotional and physical havoc include most prominently Vincent Van Gogh. He had several dilemmas, mental illness being one of them. Van Gogh was depressed, had went through both physically from poverty and malnutrition as well as emotionally from distress and frustrations, in relation to his desolate yearning for and romantic love and companionship. If truth be told, he entered a sanatorium upon his personal free will where he painted majority of his greatest artworks in a period of just a year. Thus, this research paper examines the artworks, life and health of Vincent Van Gogh during his stay in the sanatorium in Saint-Remy from May 1889 to May 1890.

Vincent Van Gogh's Life, Health and Artworks during his Stay in the Sanatorium in Saint-Remy from May 1889 to May 1890

Introduction

The European society of nineteenth century was not ready to agree to the insightful, emotional and truthful way Vincent Van Gogh depicted the subjects of art (Fell, 2005), and the expression of his individual chaotic feelings and outlooks in the paintings. Nevertheless, it made the stage ready for the afterwards development of an innovative mode of painting known as Expressionism (Fell, 2005), though Vincent Van Gogh is well thought-out as a post-impressionist. Expressionism is exemplified by the use of bright colors, symbols and an approach that expresses the inner feelings of the artist regarding his theme or subject. A number of people can recognize the barricades that Vincent Van Gogh encountered in his several romantic and career pursuits, all finishing in disappointment (Charles, 2011). However, his response to these experiences demonstrates a psychological and biological instability brining about behaviors that estranged those around him.

Thesis Statement

During his stay in the sanatorium in Saint Remy, Vincent Van Gogh turned out to be more secluded from the society and started to discharge all of his energies into artworks, his outbursts and eccentricities became pathological qualities, which turned him initially, to be institutionalized, and then, it bring about his suicidal demise at the young age of thirty seven and the origin of Expressionism.

Discussion

Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30th March 1853 in Groot Zundert (Castri, 2003), The Netherlands. All through his life, he provided indications and proofs of mental instability and possessing a moody and difficult personality. Different biographies from the historical perspectives portray him as suffering from depression, epilepsy, psychotic attacks, bipolar disorder and delusions. In December 1888, Vincent Van Gogh went through a psychotic occurrence (Castri, 2003) in which he endangered the life of ...