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  born in Zundert, Holland
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  started to work for an art dealer in the Hague
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  took up painting in earnest
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  he moved to Paris with Theo
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  He moved to Arles
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  Gauguin moves to Arles
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  Paul Gauguin leaves Arles and Vincent is sent to an asylum in St Remy
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  he left the clinic and went to the physician
Paul Gachet, in Auvers-sur-Oise near Paris - 
  
  van Gogh shot himself in the chest at the age of 37.