2. BIOGRAPHY
• Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30
March of one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-three, in the south of the Netherlands.
He died on July 29,one thousand nine teen at
the age of 37, in France.
The central figure in his life was his brother
Theo.
3. Vincent van Gogh
• In one 1885 he painted his first major work
The Potato Eaters
4. Vincent van Gogh
• The quality of his work was recognized only
after his death considered one of the great
masters of painting.
He had a great influence on XX century
art, especially among the German
Expressionists.
He suffered frequent bouts of mental illness
throughout his life, which led him to cause a
bullet wound that killed him.
6. Vincent van Gogh
• 1886 moved to Paris to live with his brother
Theo, who warned with this simple note: "I'll be
in the Louvre since noon, or earlier if you wish."
Theo, who works in Boussod & Valadon, he
discovered the works of Impressionism
Vincent, resulting in a brighter palette, where
color would play a key role in the rest of his work.
During the following two years, the two brothers
had multiple frictions and always had to be ceded
and Theo who forgive.
