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Vincent van Gogh (The last "g" prononounced like "ch" in Loch) (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter.
Born on in Zundert, Netherlands, he died in Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France.
Places where he lived:
- Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France;
- Saint Remy de Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, where he was treated in the psychiatric center at Monastery Saint-Paul de Mausole.
He is generally considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, though he sold only one painting during his lifetime: The Red Vineyard (1888). The painting is now on display in the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, Russia. Van Gogh produced all of his work during a period of only 10 years before he succumbed to mental illness and committed suicide. His fame grew rapidly after his death especially following a showing of 71 of van Gogh's paintings in Paris on March 17, 1901 (11 years after his death). As of 2002 the highest price ever paid for a painting was for Van Gogh's Sunflowers.
Van Gogh's influence on expressionism, fauvism and early abstraction was enormous, and can be seen in many other aspects of 20th-century art. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is dedicated to Van Gogh's work and that of his contemporaries. The Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo has also a considerable collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings.
A painting by Van Gogh sold for US$82.5, the highest price ever paid for a painting. On March 30, 1987 Van Gogh's painting "Sunflowers" was bought for $39.85 million.
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| Selfportrait (1886-1887) | The Potato Eaters (1885) | |
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| Sunflowers | Cafe Terrace at Night (1888) |
