Annotated Bibliography

Primary Sources

Gaugiun, Paul. Sunflowers. Sunflowers-Paul Gaugin, www.arthermitage.org/Paul-

Gauguin/Sunflowers.html. A painting done by Paul Gauguin.

Gogh, Vincent Van. Gogh, Vincent van: Self-Portrait. Britannica School Middle,

school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/59904. Accessed 7 Dec. 2018. This painting

depicts van Gogh looking at the camera with a look of concern.

---. Starry Night. Britannica Student Middle,

school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/226962. Accessed 7 Dec. 2018. One of van

Gogh's most famous works having been sold for 82 million, 26 years ago.

---. Sunflowers. 1888. Britannica Student Middle,

school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/68760. Accessed 7 Dec. 2018.

Self-Portrait with Pipe. Britannica Student, Gogh, Vincent van: Self-Portrait with Pipe. Image.

Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 3 Dec. 2018.

school.eb.com/levels/middle/assembly/view/229360. Accessed 7 Dec. 2018. Accessed 7

Dec. 2018. This painting shows a self portrait of Vincent van Gogh smoking a pipe.

Van Gogh, Vincent. Almond Blossom. 1890. Vincent Van Gogh, www.VincentVanGogh.org,

www.vincentvangogh.org/almond-blossom.jsp. Accessed 11 Dec. 2018. I used this

painting to display some of Van Gogh's art and create a nice design for my website. I also

used it to talk about how his art potentially reflected his mental state.

---. Café Terrace at Night. 1888. Vincent Van Gogh, www.VincentVanGogh.org,

www.vincentvangogh.org/cafe-at-night.jsp. Accessed 5 Dec. 2018.

---. Green Wheat Fields, Auvers. 1890. National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/collection/art-

object-page.163323.html. Accessed 8 Dec. 2018. I saw this painting in person and I was

mesmerized by the detailing of the swirls and the light colors van Gogh used. This spiked

my interest in van Gogh two years ago and led me to decide to do my history fair on him.

---. Irises. 1889. The J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust,

www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/826/vincent-van-gogh-irises-dutch-1889/. Accessed

11 Dec. 2018. I used this as an additional design feature for my website. This allowed me

to talk a little bit more about Van Gogh's tragic life as well.

---. "Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh The Hague, 21 July 1882." Web Exhibits,

www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/11/218.htm?qp=health.venereal. This is one of Van

Gogh's letters to his brother. In this letter he talks about being depressed but having art as

a way to cope. This highlights part of the tragedy that Van Gogh endured through his

lifetime.

---. "Letter 274 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 22 October 1882." Van Gogh Letters,

vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/let274/letter.html. Accessed 8 Dec. 2018. I used this letter

to quote Van Gogh on my website. The letters were a fascinating read and give you a

more in depth view into Van Gogh's mind.

---. Portrait du Docteur Gachet. 1890. Musee d'Orsay, www.musee-

orsay.fr/en/collections/works-in-focus/search/commentaire/commentaire_id/dr-paul-

gachet-2988.html. This is Van Gogh's most expensive painting. It also was apart of the

last few paintings he made before he committed suicide.

---. Self-Portrait. 1889. National Gallery of Art, www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-

page.106382.html. Accessed 27 Dec. 2018. I used this picture of Van Gogh's self portrait
 so I could add a quote from Van Gogh about becoming great. You can see that he

desperately wanted to be successful with his passion.

---. Self-portrait with bandaged ear. 1889. Van Gogh Museum,

www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/125-questions/questions-and-answers/question-13-of-125.

Accessed 5 Dec. 2018.

---. Wheat Field with Cypresses. 1889. The National Gallery,

www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/vincent-van-gogh-a-wheatfield-with-cypresses.

This is one of Van Gogh's many landscape paintings. I picked it because I enjoyed the

colors and it reminded me of another one of his paintings.

Secondary Sources

Books. Medium, 17 Jan. 2018, medium.com/@RyanHoliday/how-to-digest-books-above-your-

level-and-increase-your-intelligence-a11bd134da13. Accessed 5 Dec. 2018. Just used this

picture as the main picture for the bibliography page. It is just a design feature.

Bright, Joshua. The scene in front of Vincent van Gogh's "The Starry Night" at the Museum of

Modern Art. New York Times, New York Times Company, 23 Sept. 2017,

www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/opinion/sunday/starry-night-van-gogh-

selfies.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FVan%20Gogh%2C%20Vincent.

Accessed 8 Nov. 2018. This is a cool picture that shows how people from the 21st

century are still obsessed with Van Gogh and his art. I will use it to depict Van Gogh's

legacy on the modern world today.

"Immortalising Van Gogh's legacy." YouTube, uploaded by France 24 English, 24 Aug. 2018,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8F9NDqV4Sw. Accessed 8 Dec. 2018. This clip shows

just how Van Gogh's work has effected people all over the world. It specifically focuses

on Arles, France, a small town that he stumbled upon. He ended up living there and

creating many paintings based upon the town.

Siegal, Nina. "Newly Discovered van Gogh Drawing Is a 'Stylistic Missing Link.'" New York

Times, 16 Jan. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/01/16/arts/design/van-gogh-new-

drawing.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FVan%20Gogh%2C%20Vincent. This

article talks about how they recently found a new Van Gogh drawing. There is still hype

over new findings from Van Gogh which displays the general public's continuation of

love for his art.

Van Gogh Gallery. 18 Mar. 2015, blog.vangoghgallery.com/index.php/en/2015/03/18/vincent-

van-goghs-father-reverend-theodorus-van-gogh/. Accessed 15 Jan. 2019. This website

shows the relationship between Vincent and his father as well as showing us more in

depth look into who Theodorus van Gogh really is.

"Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890)." BBC,

www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/van_gogh_vincent.shtml. I used this website for

my initial research to learn more about Van Gogh. It provided a nice brief description

allowing me to get to know Van Gogh better.

"Vincent van Gogh's long, miserable road to fame." YouTube, uploaded by Vox, 15 July 2017,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxz8NA9gMYc. Accessed 28 Dec. 2018. This video

accurately describes Van Gogh's tragic life. It traces all the places Van Gogh traveled

throughout his entire life and shows many of his paintings.

Widewalls. 30 Mar. 2018, www.widewalls.ch/most-expensive-van-gogh-paintings-

auction/portrait-du-docteur-gachet/. This source details Van Gogh's most expensive

paintings. It shows the craze that occured for his paintings after his passing.