Comparing and Contrasting

Room 21 had to compare and contrast two different artworks. The artworks are Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ and Henri Matisse’s ‘La Musique’ which means ‘The Music’. Van Gogh’s style of art is Expressionism. Henri Matisse’s style is Fauvism which means ‘Wild Beast’. Henri Matisse is famous for the way he uses colours and patterns. Vincent Van Gogh wasn't famous until he died, well thanks to his sister-in-law for convincing people to buy and be interested in his painting.

Looking at the sunflowers that Vincent Van Gogh created, it has a very bold colour. The colours he mostly used were yellow and brown. The type of technique he used was dabs and small brush strokes. Yellow represents the full bloom and brown represents the wilting and death. Droopy and dullness had described the wilting death.Looking among the sad artwork made me look miserable because looking at it could make anyone sad.

Looking among the artwork that Matisse had painted. He used different types of patterns and different colours. Patterns and colours collide into a beautiful artwork. The painting has two ladies. One is playing the guitar and the other is listening while sitting on something like a bean bag. The type of art is an oil painting art. It cost heaps of money. I notice that he used green, blue, red and yellow. He used black outlines. I just noticed that it remind me of an an relaxing day at the beach or even at home.

Looking at the differences and similarities, there ain’t that much of them. There are only two similarity which is, they both have plants and they both had yellow. The differences between the ‘Sunflowers’ and the ‘La Musique’ is the yellow represents the full bloom and the brown represents death. The differences between the ‘La Musique’ and the ‘Sunflowers’ is that the La musique has two ladies in it, one is playing the guitar and the other is sitting on something like a bean-bag and relaxing. Of cause Henri Matisse used lots of bright colour and plenty of patterns.

    In conclusion I think that, although they are both great artist they have different types of backgrounds. Before Matisse became an artist he studied law. Henri Matisse died of a heart attack at the age of 84 on November 3rd 1954.  Van Gogh had a tough life. He died at the age of 37 in 29 July 1890, the cause of it was shooting himself in his chest on the field while painting. The bullet deflected off his ribs going right through his chest not damaging one single internal organ. He died 29 hours after he shot himself.