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Vincent van Gogh

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  • Birth

    Birth
    Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands

  • Study

    Study
    At the age of 16 he began to study at The Hague branch of the art dealers Goupil and Co.
  • Period: to

    Study outside The Netherlands

    In 1873 we went to the branch of the gallery Goupil in London, In 1875 he was transferred to the branch of Paris and in 1876 he said goodbye and returned to The Netherlands.

  • Jobs

    Jobs
    He worked as a language teacher and lay preacher in England and, in 1877, worked for a bookseller in Dordrecht, Netherlands.

  • School of Practical Evangelization

    School of Practical Evangelization
    In the School of Practical Evangelization in Brussels. In 1878 he was sent to an area of miners where he made drawings of them. The school expelled him for his excessive involvement. impressed by his subhuman hardships, Van Gogh came to give the miners all his money and he went through a big spiritual crisis.

  • Real vocation

    Real vocation
    Van Gogh began to draw seriously, discovering in 1880 his true vocation as an artist. He decided that his mission from then would be to bring consolation to humanity through art. This realization of his creative powers improved his self-confidence.
  • Period: to

    Artistic Carrer

    His artistic career was extremely short, lasting only the 10 years, he went to study drawing at the Brussels Academy, an Gogh began drawing the anatomical features of workers and the poor. He moved in with his brother Theo in Montmartre where the influence of artists motivated him to adopt a lighter palette.

  • Potato eaters

    Potato eaters

  • Sunflowers

    Sunflowers

  • The ear

    The ear
    He had a violent fight in which Van Gogh threatened Gauguin with a razor and then cut off part of his own right ear

  • Beedroom

    Beedroom

  • The café at night

    The café at night

  • Starry Night

    Starry Night

  • Cypresses

    Cypresses

  • Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background

    Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background

  • Psychartic

    Psychartic
    On May 8, 1889 he entered into a psychiatric institution in Saint-Remy, n the year spent at Saint-Remy, he created over 100 works, including Starry Night.

  • Blossoming Almond Tree

    Blossoming Almond Tree

  • Wheatfield with Crows

    Wheatfield with Crows

  • Death

    Death
    he died on July 29, 1890, in Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France, after trying to kill himself with a gun because of his depression. His last words were "The sadness will last forever".