Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter born in 1853. He had a difficult life, working various jobs before deciding to become an artist in his late 20s. He was influenced by realism and the Barbizon school early on, and later by Impressionism after moving to Paris. Van Gogh struggled with mental illness and cut off his own ear, later dying by suicide in 1890. Students from two schools studied Van Gogh's work, particularly his famous painting "Starry Night", and created their own paintings inspired by his unique style and use of color. The students' paintings covered themes of night skies, landscapes, and symbols of life and death.

1. STARRY NIGHT
PAINTINGS BY CLASS ST3
Etwinning project
ICS Assisi 3, Perugia, Italy
3rd Primary School of Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
Teachers
Leonardi Simonetta
Apostolopoulou Katerina
Art teacher
Markogiannaki Dimitra
English teacher
Papaliakiou Andromachi

2. BIOGRAPHY OF VINCENT VAN GOGH (I)
 Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30th March 1853 at
Zundert near Breda in Holland.
 He was the son of a Dutch pastor. He lived a quiet life
with his father, Theodorus, his mother, Anna Cornelia
and his five brothers and sisters. He was brought up
in a religious and cultured atmosphere.
 Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to
become an artist, Van Gogh worked as a clerk in a
bookstore, as an art salesman and a preacher in a
mining district in Belgium, that undermined his health.
 He travelled to France, in Belgium, and in the U.K.

3. BIOGRAPHY OF VINCENT VAN GOGH (II)
 When he was in Belgium he studied art and
produces the most famous paintings of his early
period “The Potatoes Eaters” in 1885.
 Next year he went to Paris to join his brother Theo
who was a gallery manager. He met Pissaro, Monet
and Gaugin.
 A few years later Van Gogh decided to go South to
Arles. Unfortunately his mental health deteriorated
and he ended up cutting his ear lobe off. As a result
he was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy for
treatment.

4. BIOGRAPHY OF VINCENT VAN GOGH (III)
 After a couple of years in the asylum he went to live
in Auvers-sur-Oise where he died from a self-
inflicted gunshot.
 During his brief career the artist did not experience
much success and lived in poverty. His finest
paintings were produced in less then three years in
a unique technique impassioned in brushstroke, in
symbolic and intence colour and in movement of
form and line.

5. COURSE OF WORK
 Realism
Pupils studied the work of the British artist Constable
and created paintings with clouds inspired by his work.
Feradouros G.

6.  School of Barbizon
Vincent Van Gogh was
influenced in his early years
by the School of Barbizon
and its earthly palette.
Barbizon was a small village
near Paris where young
artists gathered in order to
study nature. Students were
shown works of Millet,
Corout, Rousseau and a
maquette inspired by one of
Millet’s painting was created.
Petrakis A.

7.  Impressionism
Van Gogh’s style changed when he visited Paris and was deeply influenced
by the impressionists. The movement and light prominent in the
impressionist painters changed the style of his work.
Students were shown paintings by the impressionist painter Monet and
selected one of his paintings to study in color.
Lebreton M.
Andrikopoulos G.

8. THE CITY AT NIGHT
 Adamopoulos Giorgos
 On the left here is a cypress, on the right
there is a house and up and right the moon

10. COMBINATION OF COLOURS
 Andricopoulos Giorgos
 I like to combine colours. That’s why my
painting is full of bright and dark colours. Van
Gogh’s painting “Starry Night” inspired me to
draw a beautiful and colorful painting. I hope
you like this painting.

12. LOST IN THE STARS
 Diamantopoulou Athina
 My painting is inspired from Van Gogh’s
painting “Starry Night”. The sky and
especially the stars made me a great
impression. Therefore I enlarged my painting
and I focused mainly on the sky and the
stars.

14. LIFE AFTER DEATH
 Doganis Alexandros
 I wanted to do this painting because I saw a
painting of Van Gogh “Starry Night” and I
liked the way he made it. Ig was a fantastic
experience for me to try and do something
similar. That painting gives us different
messages but I received the one of the after
life after death.

16. DAY NIGHT
 Doudounis Ioannis
 On the background there is a starry night. On
the bottom of the painting there is a tree.

18. CANDLE OF LIFE
 Zacharatou Nicoletta
 My painting is based on Van Gogh’s painting
which presents the well-being of life after
death through colours and thoughts. I tried to
communicate a message of life. With the
stars I tried to symbolize every life on earth,
with the quiet mountains, the serenity and
peace there are on it.

20. THE WORLD OF COLORS
 Giorgos Kallios
 My painting has a lot of combinations of
colours, such as blue, black, yellow, white,
e.t.c. I was trying to draw a beautiful sky and
a beautiful landscape with houses and a tall
tree. I wanted to make colourful
combinations. Although my painting has cold
colours, I wanted my painting to look brighter.

22. NIGHT IN THE FOREST
 Kapsali Maria-Evagelia
 My painting is an inspiration from the painting of
Van Gogh “Starry Night”. The colours are mixed
and there aren’t any bright colours. The
changes of blue show the calmness of the sky
as well as the anxiety of people. The plants
symbolize the serenity of nature and the stars
represent the calm side of the sky. The
movement of the wind symbolizes the life of
people as well as the changes in the world

24. CONNECTION WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE
 Kontokalou Marialena
 Everything seemed to me so small but at the
same time so big. While painting my picture I
realized that everything is even, that everybody
is equal. This painting also demonstrates that
nothing is impossible unless you believe in it.
You can travel with your mind, as well as with
your heart but mostly with your beliefs. This
painting expresses my beliefs and my feelings.

26. MY COLORWORD
 Michaella-Marina Lambrou
 My painting reminds of a fantastic picture
which has lots of colours. I designed whirling
lines like spinning comets into a blue sky with
white spots.

28. DESERTED MEADOW
 Lebreton Melina
 In my painting I tried to design a deserted
meadow. But in that deserted meadow there
was movement, therefore there was life.

30. THE PEACE OF THE NIGHT
 Margaritis Konstantinos
 My painting is inspired from Van Gogh’s
painting “Starry Night”. The brushes are
stroke to show the movement and the colors
are a mix from the original painting. The
moon is shinny to light up the landscape. All
those elements demonstrate the peace of the
night.

32. THE DANCE OF THE STARS
 Papadimitroulou Catherine
 I have enlarged an aspect of Van Gogh’s
painting “Starry Night”, where the stars seem
to dance. The older ones learn how to dance
to the younger ones. Every night a new star
joins them, when a person loses his life.

34. PURPLE STARS
 Paraschou Vicky
 My painting shows purple stars that meet for
the first time a lonely cypress

36. MOVEMENT CREATES LIFE
 Petrakis Antony
 I decided to give this title to my painting
because the colours I used create a vivid motion
that is very important for the function of the
universe. Also a mountain connects earth to the
sky. This is not by chance. On the mountain
there is a cemetery where the bodies rest in
peace. I liked a lot the combination of the
colours of the original painting. So I decided to
make a similar painting.

38. LIGHT IN THE DARK
 Pire Alexandros
 This painting is an inspiration from Van
Gogh’s painting “Starry Night”, but I added
some of my own ideas. This painting I think
that wants to show us many things like the
linking of the sky with earth, the linking of the
sun with the moon too. Also it wants to
demonstrate life after death.

40. HOUSES IN THE SKY
 Protonotariou Panagiota
 My painting was inspired from Van Gogh’s
painting “Starry Night”. My painting is mad of
cold colors and symbolizes the sky which is
connected to Earth. This means that in the
sky there are houses and trees.

42. THE BEAUTY OF THE SEA
 Totosi Dimitra
 My painting is inspired from Van Gogh’s “Starry
Night”. The colours are bright. My painting
shows small boats in the sea that travel through
the life of people. The sun, the cactus of the
deseart, the animals create a calm atmosphere.
The reflection of the light on the water and the
transformations of nature was my inspiration.

44. SKY FULL OF STARS
 Mariastella Tsimpidi
 My painting is based on the wonderful and
colourful painting of Van Gogh’s “Starry
Night”. I paid great attention to the sky, which
was full of shinny stars. I decided to depict
the sky with a nice blue color.

46. A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
 Feradouros Giorgos
 I painted the moon and the stars on the sky. I
drew a castle and a lake.

48. BEAUTIFUL NIGHT
 Hikai Angela
 My painting shows a town at night on a bright
sky.