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Birth
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Netherlands -
Studies
Van Gogh travels to Brussels to study drawing at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts -
Antwerp
Van Gogh spents three months in Antwerp, studying at the city’s academy and attending drawing classes in the evenings. -
Visits Paris
Van Gogh meets the avant-garde art scene of Paris and experiments with the Pointillist technique, learning to use brush and colors that characterize his style -
Life in Arles
Van Gogh travels to Arles to paint the lives of peasants there -
Cuts his ear
Van Gogh threatens his friend Paul Gauguin and cuts his own ear -
Mentally ill
Van Gogh institutionalized himself but began painting once more -
Shot and Death
Van Gogh returns from the fields covered with blood. This might have been a suicide attempt or an accident. He finally died in his brother Theo’s arms two days later