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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:: 23451
Head of a Peasant Woman with Dark Cap (nn04)
Nuenen,March-April 1885
Oil on canvas
43.5x30cm
f 69 jh 724
Amsterdam,Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh,Vincent van Gogh Foundation
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Painting ID:: 23453
Landscape with Church and Farms (nn040
Nuenen,April 1885
Oil on canvas
22x37cm
F 185A,JH 76I
Los Angeles,LosAngeles County Museum of Art
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Painting ID:: 23455
Peasant Woman Taking her Meal (nn04)
Nuenen,February-March 1885
Oil on canvas
42x29cm
f 72,jh 718
Otterlo,Rijksmuseum kroller-Muller
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Painting ID:: 23456
Head of a Peasant Woman with White Cap (nn04)
Nuenen,March 1885
Oil on canvas on panel
41x35cm
f 131 ,jh 685
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Painting ID:: 23457
Head of a Peasant Woman with Red Cap (nn04)
Nuenen,April 1885
Oil on canvas
43x30cm
f 160 jh 722
Amsterdam,Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh,Vincent van Gogh Foundation
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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: | DROST, Willem | Anna Ancher | Jacopino del Conte | camille corot | Walter Leistikow |
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