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The Starry, Starry Night
Van Gogh’s most famous paintings of people are his
n. a painting or drawing of yourself that is done by yourself
self-portraits
series of self-portraits. In the last five years of his life, he
painted more than thirty self-portraits. His self-portraits
have much more light and color and firmer brushstrokes
than The Potato Eaters. Each shows how his style continued
v.
to show or make known
to change and reveals something
reveals
about his emotional state. Check
How is Sunflowers different from The Potato Eaters?
(left) Self-Portrait with Felt Hat (1888)
The Potato Eaters is dark, but Sunflowers is bright. / The Potato Eaters
shows real farmers, but Sunflowers shows flowers. / Sunflowers is a
(right) Self-Portrait: Saint Remy (1889)
still life, but The Potato Eaters is a real life painting.
It shows how van Gogh’s style changed in just one year.
Unit 5 | The Starry, Starry Night
