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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:: 23638
Portrait of Pere Tanguy (nn04)
Paris,Winter 1886/87
Oil on canvas,47x38.5cm
f 263,jh 202,
Copenhagen,Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
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Painting ID:: 23639
Portrait of a Man (nn04)
Paris,Winter 1886/87
Oil on canvas on panel,31x39.5cm
f 209,jh 1201
Melbourne,National Gallery of Victoria
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Painting ID:: 23640
Self-Portrait with Pipe and Glass (nn04)
Paris,early 1887
Oil on canvas
61x50cm
f 263a,jh 1199
Amsterdam,Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh,Vincent van Gogh Foundation
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Painting ID:: 23641
Portrait of a Man with a Skull Cap (nn04)
Paris,Winter 1886/87(or 1887/88?)
Oil on canvas
65.5x54.5cm
f 289,jh 1203
Amsterdam,Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh,Vincent van Gogh Foundation
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Painting ID:: 23642
Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Cafe du Tamborin (nn04)
Paris,February-March 1887
Oil on canvas
55.5x46.5cm
f370,jh 1208
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: | Clifton Tomson | Juan Sanchez Cotan | Santi Di Tito | Ernest Hebert | MANTEGNA, Andrea |
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