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Revision as of 14:03, 7 December 2002 by Patrick (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Vincent van Gogh (Both "g"'s 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, France
- Saint Remy de Provence, 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, and currently (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 the work of van Gogh and his contemporaries. The Kroller-Muller Museum in Otterlo has also a considerable collection of Vincent van Gogh paintings.
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| Selfportrait (1886-1887) | The Potato Eaters (1885) | |
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| Sunflowers | Cafe Terrace at Night (1888) |
