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Vincent Van Gogh's Night in The Cafe

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The Night Cafe Vincent William Van Gogh was an artist who is widely known for his art work. He created many paintings which are still very famous. One of his most famous paintings is called The Starry Night. He was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands. Only after his death did his paintings receive any recognition  ( Vincent Van Gogh : Dutch Painter) . One of his most interesting paintings in my opinion is the night café. Although he deemed this painting worthless it allowed people insight into what was going on in his head as did many of his other art pieces. He painted this two years before his death on July 29, 1890. “The Night Café" was painted in September 1888 while he was living in Arles, South France” (Zelazko) .  "Vincent Van Gogh was 35 years old when he cut off his left ear just before Christmas in 1888"  ( Vincent Van Gogh : Dutch Painter) , it is apparent that throughout this period in his life he was facing internal hardships. This was what this p

Kadeline's First Blog

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Greetings All! My name is Kadeline Pujols but I go by Kd. I am interested in learning about art because I used to draw and paint all the time up until I was about 12. Now my hobbies consist of going to the gym, reading, cooking, and self-care. My definition of self-care is cleaning, doing my nails, deep conditioning my hair, and doing my skincare routine. I am active duty military and have been here in Alaska for 2 years now. This is my first duty base and I was not expecting to be living in Alaska. I am from New York City and I am Dominican. It was quite a change coming up here but I have grown to love it, not to the extent to stay here any longer but at a level that made living here bearable. I would not consider myself to have a meaningful relationship with art. As I previously said I used to paint up until I was 12 years old and after that I kind of let it go. However, I still enjoy going to art museums and looking at art that contains messages that are meaningful to me. Below you