Throughout their career, both Vincent Van Gogh and Leonardo da Vinci have done amazing work, yet people still have a question up in their heads, which one is better?
Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Willem Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist artist, famous for his work in the 1800s. Although he had died at a very young age, it wasn't until his death that his paintings had become famous. During his career, Van Gogh's work was only known by a few, and appreciated by even less. He started to draw at an early age, but didn't pick up painting until his late 20's, completing some of his best-known works during the last two years of his life, before he died at the age of 37, on March 30, 1853. In just over a decade, Van Gogh had produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and over 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and paints. Some of his paintings include the famous "Starry Night", his collection of self portraits, "Bedroom in Arles", and "Starry Night over the Rhone."
Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer. He is widely considered to be the greatest painter of all time, and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lives. Living to the age of 67, he had an interest in many things, but is still known widely for his best known paintings, that include the "Mona Lisa". Due to his new techniques, which were constant and frequently disastrous, though, only about fifteen of his paintings have survived. Throughout his art career, his interest in science had influenced him.
Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_vinci
Chart
Still don't know who to chose? Here's a chart comparing the two artists.
| Vincent Van Gogh | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Famous after death | Famous before he died. |
| Over 2100 paintings | Only 15 paintings have survived to this day |
| Lived to 37 | Lived to 67 |
| Focused on mainly art | Famous for art but had many interests |
| Famous for Starry Night | Famous for Mona Lisa
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Top Three Paintings by Van Gogh and da Vinci
1. Mona Lisa- Leonardo da Vinci
2. A Wheatfield with Cypresses- Vincent Van Gogh
2. The Last Supper- Leonardo da Vinci
3. Irises- Vincent Van Gogh
3. Head of a Young Women with Tousled Hair- Leonardo da Vinci
The Decision
Now that you've heard both sides of this argument, it's your time to choose. Whose the better artist out of the talented duo? Vincent Van Gogh or Leonardo da Vinci? Take the poll on the top right hand corner or comment below leaving your choice.
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