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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.
Several paintings by Van Gogh ranks among the most expensive paintings in the world. On March 30, 1987 Van Gogh's painting Irises was sold for a record $53.9 million at Southeby's, New York. On May 15, 1990 his Portrait of Doctor Gachet was sold for $82.5 million at Christie's, thus establishing a new price record, which to date again has been superseded (see also Paintings, record prices).
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| Selfportrait (1886-1887) | The Potato Eaters (1885) | |
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| Sunflowers | Cafe Terrace at Night (1888) |
