Vincent van Gogh

His life as an painter
Van Gogh was a painter. His work had a
great influence on modern art because of
the colours and his emotional power.
When he was young he worked on a
company of art dealers. He traveled in
many different places and from 1879 he
worked in a mining place in Belgium.He began drawing
people there and then
he painted his first
important work in
1885 ‘‘The potato ‘Vincent Van Gogh‘The potato
eaters’’ 1885

His Early Life
Van Gogh was born on 30 March in Netherland
father, Theodorus Van Gogh was a pastor and
mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus was an artis
was born a year after his brother death also n
Vincent. They had the same birthday. He walke
grave of his dead brother every day and later
had a psychological trauma as
a result although this can’t
be proved.
Self-portrait 1886,
Van Gogh

His career
Between 1860 and 1880 he decided to become
an artist. In 1885, van Gogh found the works of
famous artists and bought a lot of paints. In 1886
he went to Paris. There he met Pissarro, Monet,
and Gauguin. This helped the colors of his
paintings lighten and be painted in short strokes.
He decided to go to Arles where he hoped his
friends would join him. Gauguin did join him, but
it did not help. Near the end of 1888, Gauguin
left Arles. Van Gogh followed him, but he
stopped. Instead, he cut his own ear off. After
that, van Gogh began to get fits of madness and

His Death
In May of 1890, he regained his health and
went to live in Auvers-sur-Oise in France.
Two months later on 27 July, he was shot
in the stomach by himself or in a accident
with two kids. In the early morning of 29
July 1890 in his room at the Auberge
Ravoux he died with Theo at his side. Theo
reported his last words was "La tristesse
durera toujours", which means, "The
sadness will last
forever“in French.Vincent and his brother Theo
buried together in Auvers-

Legacy
During his career he had only sold one
painting. After his death, Van Gogh's finest
works were all sold in less than three years.
His mother threw away a lot of his paintings
during his life and after his death and she
lived long enough to see him become a
famous painter. He was not known when he
was alive but he became famous after his
death. Today, many people consider him to
be one of the greatest painters in the history.
He made more than 2,000 artworks, with 900
paintings and 1,100 drawings. Today, many

Some of his work
‘‘Head of a Woman with her Hair Loose’’
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam
1885
‘‘Flowers in a Blue Vase’’
Private collection
1886
‘‘Le Moulin de la Galette’’
Kelvingrove Art
Gallery
and Museum
1886
‘‘The Green Parrot
Disputed’’
Private collection
1886
(Part 1)

Some of his work (Part 2)
‘‘Portrait of a Woman
with Hat’’
Van Gogh Museum
Amsterdam
1887
‘‘Still Life with Carafe and Lemons
on a Plate’’
Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam
1887
‘‘A Woman Walking in a Garden’’
Private collection
1887
‘‘Apricot Trees in Blossom’’
Private collection
1888

Some of his work (Part 3)
‘‘Seascape at Saintes-Maries’’
Van Gogh
Museum
Amsterdam
1888
‘‘Café Terrace at Night’’
Kröller-Müller
Museum
1888
‘‘Van Gogh's Chair’’
National Gallery
London
1888
‘‘The Starry Night’’
Museum of
Modern Art
New York
1889

Tsouki Gerakina G’3
2019-20
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