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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 ?C 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, during which time he cut off part of his left ear following a breakdown in his friendship with Paul Gauguin. After this he suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness, which led to his suicide.
The central figure in Van Gogh's life was his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Their lifelong friendship is documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism. He had an enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists.
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Painting ID:: 23427
Head of a Peasant with a Pipe (nn040
Nuenen,january 1885
Oil on canvas 44x32cm
f 169 jh 633
Otterlo ,Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller
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Painting ID:: 23428
Head of a Peasant (nn04)
Nuenen,February-March 1885
Oil on canvas
47x30cm
f 168 jh 632
Otterlo,Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller
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Painting ID:: 23429
The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in the Snow
Nuenen,january 1885
Oil on canvas on panel
51x77cm
f 194 jh 603
Pasadena
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Painting ID:: 23430
Peasant Woman,Seated (nn04)
Nuenen February 1885
Oil on canvas on panel
46x27cm
f 127 jh 651
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Painting ID:: 23431
Head of a Young Peasant Woman with Dark Cap (nn04)
Nuenen,February-March 1885
Oil on canvas
39x26cm
f 150 ,jh 650
Otterl,Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller
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Vincent Van Gogh
Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter, 1853-1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 ?C 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, during which time he cut off part of his left ear following a breakdown in his friendship with Paul Gauguin. After this he suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness, which led to his suicide.
The central figure in Van Gogh's life was his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Their lifelong friendship is documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism. He had an enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists.
. Related Artists to Vincent Van Gogh: | Loo, Louis-Michel van | Kitagawa Utamaro | UGO DA CARPI | Thomas Robins the Elder | johan gustaf sandberg |
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