Vincent van Gogh
- post-impressionist artist
- Netherlands
- Higly influenced 20th-century art
- Struggled with mental ilness
- Remained poor and unknown throughout his life
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Life and family
- born on March 3, 1853, Netherlands
- He had 2 brothers and three sisters * his brother Theo supported Vincent throughout his entire life
- At age 15 he was forced to leave school and go work because of financial struggles
- After Eugenie Loyer rejected his marriage proposal, van Gogh devoted his life to God and became a Preacher
- He wanted to be a minister
- In 1880 he decided to move to Brussels and become an artist
- In 1885 he created his first masterpiece “Potato Eaters”
- he moved to Paris and lived with his brother, where he was influenced by impressionist art
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Mental health
- he suffered form psychotic episodes and delusions
- He had manic depression
- He spent time in psychiatric hospitals
- During on of his episodes he cut of his ear, details are still unclear
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Art and style
- he completed more than 2,100 works * 860 oil paintings
more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings and sketches
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- He worked en plein air
- He believed that “Colour expresses something in itself
- Yellow meant the most to him, because it symbolised emotional thruth, * he used yellow as a symbol for sunlight, life and God
- His painting are filled with symbolism
Death
- died on July 29, 1890, at the age 37, from an apparent gunshot wound to belly sustained approximately 30 hours earlier on July 27
- For many decades, suicide was unquestioned but now there are theories about him being shot, intentionally or accidentally, by someone else
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Van Gogh Museum
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Opened June 2, 1973
Paintings:
- The Potato Eaters
- Almond blossoms
- Bedroom in Arles
- Sunflowers
- The Yellow house
- And more…
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Other museums with his art
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Musée d'Orsay
- Rijksmuseum
- Kröller-Müller Museum
- and more…
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