Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh was
born on March 30th,
1853 in the south of
Holland. His father
was a church preacher
and his mother was a
housewife.
Vincent
was the eldest of six
children.
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Self-Portrait, 1889
Vincent Van Gogh
When he was just
sixteen years old,
Vincent
started
working in an art
gallery. His job was
to
sell
other
people’s paintings.
Irises, 1890
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Vincent Van Gogh
He then decided to
become a preacher
like his father, but
when he was 27 he
decided to become an
artist. He didn’t go to
art college but taught
himself to paint.
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Shoes, 1888
Vincent Van Gogh
One of his first really
good paintings was
called The Potato
Eaters. Do You like it?
What do you think of
the colours he used?
Describe the people in
the painting.
The Potato Eaters, 1885
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Vincent Van Gogh
However,
Vincent
found it hard to sell
any of his paintings.
His brother, Theo, said
this was because the
colours he was using
were too dark. He said
that bright colours
were more popular.
Skull with Cigarette, 1886
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Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent moved to Paris
and learned a lot about
painting. He liked to paint
people but couldn’t afford
to pay for models so he
bought a mirror and
started to paint pictures of
himself. Between 1886
and 1889 he painted 12
self portraits.
Self Portrait without
Beard, 1889
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Vincent Van Gogh
He moved to the
French countryside
and while he was
there he painted
one of his most
famous paintings
called Sunflowers.
Sunflowers, 1889
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Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent had an illness
called epilepsy. He took a
medicine for his epilepsy
which comes from the
foxglove
plant.
This
medicine can make you
see a lot of the colour
yellow. Some people think
this is why there is so
much yellow in his
paintings.
Harvest in Provence, 1888
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Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent became very
moody and angry. At
one stage he cut off a
piece of his own left
ear. Afterwards, he
painted a very famous
painting of himself
with his bandaged ear.
Self-Portrait with
Bandaged Ear, 1889
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Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent became afraid
for his own safety and
the safety of those
around him so he
decided to go into a
hospital. Whilst there,
he painted one of his
most famous paintings,
A Starry Night.
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A Starry Night, 1889
Vincent Van Gogh
A year later, in
1890, he was dead.
He had taken his
own life. He was
only thirty seven
years old.
The Bedroom, 1888
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Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh only
painted for ten years.
Although he painted
over eight hundred
paintings, he only sold
one in his lifetime. It
was called The Red
Vineyard and was sold
for 400 Francs, a lot of
money at the time.
The Red Vineyard, 1888
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