As I went into the exhibit I decided to focus on the impressionist paintings of van Gohg since it was perfect for my history project. For van Gohg nature paintings were his main focus. It let him express how he felt through his paintings. As I walked up to the paintings I got different feelings. Like for instance the painting Orchard in Blossom Arles made me have this happy and serene feeling staring at it. I kind of felt that I didn't want to move because of how calm and beautiful it was. My interpretat

ion of it was that a blossoming tree of flower was a sign of rejuvenation, renewal of life and a sign of complete happiness within the artist. Another painting the Orchard in Blossom made me feel a deeper happiness, but it also was a deeper happiness, like it was a continents within yourself rather than a materialistic thing making you feel happy. Other paintings like Landscape under a Stormy Sky made me feel pity and sadness. I felt that this painting expressed that everything in your life is going good and everything is at ease, and all of a sudden here comes a " storm" or problem in your life to rain on all your happiness. I think that this foreshadows how van Gohg's life was going to be from then on, all down hill. Another painting Arles: View from the Wheatfields made me have this feeling of loneliness. Like he worked so hard on what he loved so much, but this never relieved him from this feeling of loneliness. It almost

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