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Van Gogh's Birth
Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30,1853 in Groot-Zundert, a village close to Breda in the province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands. His parents were Theodorus van Gogh, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. -
Birth of Theo Van Gogh
Vincent's brother Theodorus (Theo) was born on May 1, 1857. Van Gogh also had another brother, Cor. Along with Cor and Theo, he had three sisters. There names were: Elisabeth, Anna and Willemina. Theo also grew up to be an art dealer. Theo Van Gogh -
Attended Jan Provily's boarding school
From 1861, Van Gogh and his sister Anna were taught at home by a governess, until 1 October 1864, when he went to Jan Provily's boarding school at Zevenbergen about 20 miles away from his hometown. -
Attended Willem II College
Van Gogh went to the new middle school, Willem II College in Tilburg. Constantijn C. Huysmans, a successful artist in Paris, taught Van Gogh to draw at the school and advocated a systematic approach to the subject. Vincent Van Gogh, Age 13 -
Worked at Messrs. Goupil & Co.
After his training, in June 1873, Goupil transferred him to London, where he lodged at 87 Hackford Road, Brixton, and worked at Messrs. Goupil & Co., 17 Southampton Street. This was a happy time for him. At this time, he was successful at work and at 20 years old. -
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A rough patch
Goupil dismissed Van Gogh in 1876, and that year he returned to England, worked at a small school at Ramsgate, and did some preaching. In early 1877 he clerked in a bookshop in Dordrecht; then he entered a religious seminary in Brussels. He left 3 months later to become an evangelist in a poor mining section of Belgium.Van Gogh had been helpful, but because his eccentricities alienated the miners, and he was dismissed in July 1879. This was a dark period for Van Gogh. -
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Dutch Period
Van Gogh executed works in which his overriding humanitarian concerns were overtly manifest. His subjects were poor people, miners, peasants, and inhabitants of almshouses. Dutch Period -
Attended art school in Brussels
Attended an art school in Brussels, where he studied the rudiments of perspective and anatomy. -
Time in Etten
April-December 1881: Van Gogh stayed with his parents, who were then in Etten, and continued to work at his art. At this time his cousin from Amsterdam rejected him, and he subsequently formed a close relationship with a pregnant prostitute. At this time, too, he studied at the academic art school at The Hague. Encyclopedia of World Biography -
Theodorus van Gogh's Death
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The Potato Eaters
Completed his first major work, The Potato Eaters, a night scene in which peasants sit at their meal around a table. The coarseness of the peasants is emphasized; in rendering them Van Gogh approached caricature. The Potato Eaters -
Living in Paris with Theo
By early 1886, he had moved to Paris to live with his brother Theo. Here Vincent was immersed in a centrifuge of modern art from the impressionist and post impressionists. Van Gogh quickly dropped the dark colors. He adopted the brighter more vibrant colors with ease and began experimenting with the techniques he saw in the art of the impressionist and post impressionists. Van Gogh Gallery, Later Life -
Living in Paris with Theo
By early 1886, he had moved to Paris to live with his brother Theo. Here Vincent was immersed in a centrifuge of modern art from the impressionist and post impressionists. Van Gogh quickly dropped the dark colors. He adopted the brighter more vibrant colors with ease and began experimenting with the techniques he saw in the art of the impressionist and post impressionists. Van Gogh Gallery, Later Life -
Major Works
Van Gogh moved from the Hôtel Carrel to the Café de la Gare on May 7. During this time he created: Bedroom in Arles (1888), The Night Café (1888), The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night (1888), Still Life: Vase With Twelve Sunflowers (1888) Sunflowers -
Guagin
Van Gogh's friend and artist companion, Gauguin agrees to meet him in Arles. During November, they painted together. Their friendship began to deteriorate due to their contant arguing over art. -
Confrontation with Gaugin
Van Gogh confronted Gauguin with a razor blade. Afraid of what would happen, Vincent fled their home and went to a brothel where he cut off the bottom part of his left ear and handed the severed tissue wrapped in newspaper to a prostitute. He asked her to "keep this object carefully". Days later, van Gogh was hospitalized and kept in a critical state. Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear -
Admitted to Saint-Remy-de Provence Asylum
Van Gogh asked to be interned in the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de Provence. -
A year at Saint Remy
In the year he spent at the asylum Van Gogh worked as feverishly as at Arles and produced 150 paintings and hundreds of drawings. Included in these was his famous painting Starry Night. Starry Night, 1889 -
Death
Throughout his life van Gogh had suffered with mental illness but towards the end of his life, it became uncontrollable and he was even unable to paint. His depression deepened and on July 27, 1890 he walked into a field and shot himself in the chest. He survived the shot, but died two days later. Last year at Auvers
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