Comparing Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh was a self taught artist who changed the face of Post-Impressionism forever. His primary focus were paintings in oil mediums. The primary subjects of his paintings were those of landscapes, cityscapes, scenery, and figure. Unlike Pablo Picasso's limited colors used, Vincent van Gogh adopted a bright palette and developed a unique style. Van Gogh worked at a very rapid pace producing more that 2,000 works of art in his 10 year career as an artist however he sold only one painting throughout his entire life time and became famous until after his death. Producing about one painting per day, Van Gogh was taught to use paint straigh from the tube (impasto). He experienced with lithography. Being influenced by Neo-impressionists and Post-impresssionists, Vincent van Gogh began using lighter palettes of reds, yellows, oranges, greens, and blues. He began to experiment with the broken brushstrokes of the impressionists.Picasso on the other hand took his time painting his works of art. Rather than brilliant colors, Picasso focused on limited color palettes. After the death of his good friend Casagemas, Picasso too began to draw depressing paintings. However, the subject matter of Picasso's paintings were focused more on a variety of things. http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh

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