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Vincent Van Gogh is born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands
Photo is of Vincents nephew Vincent born to Theo.
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Sent to boarding school in Zevenbergen
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At 16, Vincents Uncle Cent got him a trainee position at Goupil and Company, art dealers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goupil_%26_Cie
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arrives at Ramsgate to teach at the school of William Stokes
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Moves to Amsterdam
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Van Gogh went to Brussels (October 1880- April 1881), where he studied anatomical and perspective drawing at the Academy of Art.,
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He moved to The Hague and settled there not far from his cousin, the artist Mauve, who became his teacher. With Mauve van Gogh for the first time tried oils.
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Oil on paper on cardboard
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March 26, 1885 his father died. Even though they didn't always get along , Vincent was heart-broken.In this mood he painted The Potato-Eaters, the main work of his Dutch period.
April 1885. Oil on canvas.
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In Paris. This is when he did the Paris Sunflowers, known to be is first in the series. Little known of this time.
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Done between 1887-88
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Van Gogh moves to Arles to create a school of art but fell into hard times http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/later.html
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Vincent van Gogh
Painting, Oil on Canvas
Arles, France: August, 1888
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three similar paintings - Completion of Vincent's Bedroom in Arles
The painting depicts Van Gogh's bedroom at 2, Place Lamartine in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, known as his Yellow House.
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Vincent suffered severe mental illness at times. While staying in the asylum, Saint-Rémy, and during one period of extreme confusion, he ate some of his oil paint, following which he was restricted to drawing for a while.Vincent was productive at Saint-Rémy, where he completed around 150 paintings in the a year.
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Completion of Irises.
Irises is one of many paintings and prints of irises t Vincent van Gogh. Irises was painted while Vincent van Gogh was living at the asylum at Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence
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Vincent as he fell into a coma and died at 1:30 A.M. on Tuesday Morning, July 29th, 1890. Vincent was very prolific, producing more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. Art piece "Weeping Woman," 1883. Black and white chalk, with brush and stumping, brush and black and grey wash,
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The Van Gogh Museum is an art museum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries.
