The landscape in many respects echoes with such works of Van Gogh as “Street in the Overpass”, “Landscape near Over in a rainy day.” All these works are united by a similar plot.
The artist mostly tried to write the reality that surrounded him daily, hourly, sometimes tired with his monotony and closeness. Van Gogh unconsciously and very passionately and impulsively sought a way out of this cold closed world.
Despite the thematic similarity of some works, each picture of Van Gogh is unique in its embodiment and is based on its original idea.
“The street and the stairs in Auvers” – familiar and at the same time unusual, new landscape. The subject of the picture is open and understandable, and the art technique is unusual and complex, so that anyone can repeat it or understand it to the fullest and to the end.
Landscape is a complex interlacing of spatial forms, lines and shades. The image causes a feeling of distortion. Broken, sharp, intermittent strokes, obsessive black outline, inconsistent color shades create an intricate canvas, reminiscent of a space of dreams, confused images and vague memories.
There is the impression that even a little bit and the images presented in the picture will merge into one indistinguishable mirage or a dream. And only thanks to the rigid black contour lines it is possible to contain all these fragile and so moving images together, not allowing them to disappear or deform.
It should be noted that this is no longer just a landscape that conveys the silent silent life of the French commune, but revived reality. Even greater dynamics, sometimes already superfluous, is attached to the picture of the figures of people.
The artist succeeded in that he rarely succeeded in the art of painting in general. Van Gogh was able not only to reflect the reality, he caught life itself, the movement of air, the breath of the wind, the change of time and space. His paintings are so real, despite all their “borderline” and unreality, that there is such an impression that the animated film is before us, his canvases seem so vibrant and alive.
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