My take on the new Van Gogh

                         My Take on The New Van Gogh     Josh Oakley                                                                                        9/25/13 Art 1

                                     "How to know it's a Van Gogh"

In the artistry world there are many techniques, styles, & things you can use to create what is modernly considered "art". The artist "Van Gogh" had a very unique and different style which he later became famous for. His style of painting was out of the average and elegant, with a mixture of unheard of realistic detail and a flowing type motion of the numerous small brush strokes he implemented. Van Gogh was a post-Impressionist so he used a lot of brush strokes. The work, (art), he did in his lifetime can be separated into two stages, 'The Potato' stage & the 'Colour' stage. In the Potato stage he used much duller colors & his painting were very realistic. In the Colour stage is the stage where he painted very vivid pieces. The piece "Sunset at Montmajour" in my opinion would have been from the Potato stage because he has many low colors and has extreme detail and depicts a simple country side. There are other ways to identify paintings, the most obvious would be a signature either on the back or in the bottom right corner of the painting. But processes stated above can easily be faked & forged, it requires experienced artistic detecting professionals & high technology to identify a genuine classic these days. And as time goes by, forgers & criminals grow all more intelligent in their foul play, so historians and artitians alike are always coming up with ways to thwart those who mean to tear down the artistic world.
                                                     -This has been an article on an art article by Josh Oakley

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