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YEAR and PLACE OF BIRTH
He was born in Zundert, Holland in 1853 -
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**VINCENT VAN GOGH**- _PAINTER_1853-1890
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He started to work for an art dealer in the Hague
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He took up painting in earnest.
His brother Theo urged him to start painting -
The Potato Eaters
While still in Holland, he studied rural life and created this work of art. -
MOVE TO PARIS
He moved in with his brother Theo. While in Paris he met the painters Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Bernard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin. He discovered impressionism and pointillism. -
He cut off his ear.
After an argument with his friend Paul Gauguin, he ended up cutting a portion of his own ear lobe off. -
Living in the asylum
He began to alternate between fits of madness and lucidity and was sent to the asylum in Saint-Remy suffering with depression. There he created some 150 paintings, including The Starry Night. Watch the interactive video!!!