Vincent van Gogh

Oil painting is a far more versatile medium than tempera. It can be blended on the painting surface to create a continuous scale of tones and hues, many of which, especially darker shades, were not possible before oil paint's invention. Vincent van Gogh did many oil paintings. He began drawing as a child and it eventually led to him deciding to become an artist. In just over a decade, he produced 2,100artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings. While much of his work was not known or appreciated while he was alive, after his death at age 37, his artwork became well known and he is one of the more famous artists of today. One of his most famous and recognizable pieces of oil painting is Starry Night.