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Born March 30, 1853 at Groot- Zundret, Netherlands.
His birth home is now a museum. -
A timeline of the famous Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh
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Leaves school and gets a job at Goupil Cie, - Art dealars at The Hague. This image alongside is from that period.( around 1873)
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His early works were very dark and realistic
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Paints his first masterpiece -'The Potato Eaters'
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From 1886-1888 he lived in paris and painted many scenes of this famous city. He also spoke fluent french. This picture in pastels is of another famous artist Henri de Toulose-Lautrec.
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In the two years between 1886-1888 van Gogh painted the sunflowers as a theme and are among his most famous paintings.
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He cut of his ear with a razor -he did many self portraits and in this one his ear is bandaged.
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He painted this view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village.
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Vincent suffered from depression and he shot himself in the chest and died of his injuries two days later.
