Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter born in 1853 who painted over 900 pictures and 1600 drawings in his lifetime. He struggled with mental illness and died by suicide in 1890 at the age of 37 after cutting off part of his ear and shooting himself with a gun. Some of his most famous paintings included The Starry Night, Sunflowers, and The Potato Eaters, known for their distinctive use of color, especially yellow, orange and blue.
2. Vincent Van Gogh was born in Zundert, Netherland on 30th
March, 1853, and he died in France on 29th July, 1990.
3. He started painting when he was 16 year old, and
his brother, Theo, was an important part of his life.
He painted 900 pictures and 1600 drawings, and
he painted some portraits, too.
His paints became importants when he died. He
cut one of his ears and killed himself with a gun.
He died when he was 37 years old.
4. In this painting we can see
a city at night, and some
colours, for example
yellow and blue.
5. In this painting we can see a
vase with 12 sunflowers, and
the main colours are yellow
and orange.
6. The name of this painting
is The Potato Eaters, and
in this picture we can see
some people eating
potatoes.
The main colours are grey,
black, brown and yellow.
7. The name of this
painting is Sämann at
setting sun, and in this
painting we can see a
one person, the sun and
lots of plants.
The main colours are
yellow, orange and blue.
