Vincent Van Gogh
Biography
Vincent Van Gogh was a popular Dutch Post-Impressionist artist.
Vincent Van Gogh paintings and drawings comprises of several of the world's best known, most fashionable and most expensive pieces.
Birth Details
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30th March 1853 and died on 29th July 1890.
Personal Details
- Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert in a village which was situated near to Breda in the Province of North Brabant located in the southern Netherlands.
- During the early adult life Vincent Van Gogh spent working for a firm of art dealers.
- After that for a small period of time Vincent Van Gogh also worked as a teacher.
- Then Vincent Van Gogh worked as a missionary worker in a very poor mining region.
- In Vincent Van Gogh's life his brother Theo was the central figure who continually and selflessly provided financial support.
- Their lifelong friendship is recognized in many letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards.
Accomplishment
During the last ten years of his life he created more than 2,000 works comprising around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches.
Vincent Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be termed asExpressionism.
Vincent Van Gogh possessed a massive influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German. Expressionists.
Awards
- Vincent Van Gogh first exhibit was held in the late 1880s and after that Van Gogh's fame grew steadily.
- Vincent Van Gogh was also awarded for various paintings which he created in the year 1957 of Anglo-Irish artist Francis Bacon created.
- When Vincent Van Gogh went to school Van Gogh drew and painted water-colors.
- The lighting of Vincent Van Gogh atelier studio were improved by installing changeable shutters, and experimented with a variety of drawing materials through him.
- In January 1879 Vincent Van Gogh got an impermanent post as a missionary in the village ofPetit Wasmes in the coal-mining district of Borinage in Belgium.
- In April 1881 Van Gogh lived in the countryside with his parents in Etten and continueddrawing, using neighbors as subjects.
- Vincent Van Gogh got settled in The Hague, where he called on his cousin-in-law, the painter Anton Mauve, who encouraged him towards painting in the year in January 1882.
- Vincent Van Gogh moved to Paris to study at Fernand Cormon's studio in March 1886.
