I am the great admire of Van Gogh’s
paintings, so have been collecting his paintings since long. At whatever
place I stayed these paintings were always the part of my room. I always
thought that the artist who have such finest feeling, great sense of beauty and
who is a great admire of nature and mankind, must have a beautiful world around him. Now
after watching the film and reading the novel on his life, I came to know the
artist, whose paintings are so much living and reflect the beauty of world
weather they are starry night paintings, paintings of white flowers n blooming
garden, paintings of spring n autumn, paintings of crop field and sunflower or
his own portrait, have gone through how much hard and tough life. Throughout his
life he struggled to find a place to stay. But wherever he went, in whatever
adverse condition he lived, he found the beauty in that and painted it. Even in
most adverse condition of his life he said- ‘I have nature and art and poetry
then what else I need?’’ Without eating,
drinking and sleeping for days he restlessly kept on paint the colours of nature
and beauty of world. But he himself never could find a life full of colours, a
life full of beauty. And at last when he could not find any place for him in
this brutal world and he ended his life by committing the suicide.
He took birth in a very rich and
renowned family. It was he who himself choose the hard and tough life. Instead
of luxury he choose the poverty and scarcity only to paint the beauty of life
and colours of nature. Because it was the
only art which could give satisfaction to his great soul. I wonder how he had
the power to keep on through poverty and mental illness. Even in extreme
poverty condition he did not sale any of his work and created more beautiful
art one after another. He never could get a word of appreciation and recognition
of his work till he was alive. But he continuously kept paint the beauty of
life, as he loved the life and mankind. In his own words- ‘There is nothing
more truly artistic then to love people’. His life proved that a life lived for
others, for benevolence of mankind, it may be hard and tough but it is the only
life which is worthwhile and can give satisfaction and enjoyment to a great
soul.
The lesson which I learned from
this artist is, the importance of work: when life is difficult, the best route
to happiness is to stay busy in your favorite work and to appreciate as fully
as possible the beauty of every moment in life and enjoy it.
Some people do not die even after
their biological death, they remain always alive. Van Gogh was one of them. He will live forever in his great and living art.
