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Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30th, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands.
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At 11, Van Gogh went to boarding school in Zevenbergen. He was unhappy to leave home, and later called his childhood "cold and sterile".
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Van Gogh relocates to Brussels and begins learning the skills needed to become an artist
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Van Gogh moves to Paris. In Paris, he discovered the Impressionists and Post Impressionists working in the city.
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Van Gogh painted the famous sunflower pieces and begins suffering from mental problems. The final years of his life, while the most troubled, are also the most productive.
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During this period, Van Gogh completed a large number of works, including Starry Night over the Rhone, and a series of paintings depicting his bedroom in Arles.
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Van Gogh's Starry Night depicts the night sky as seen from his room in the asylum. The sky is portrayed as it appears just before sunrise.
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Vincent Van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was buried on July 30 at Auvers-sur-Oise.
