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Vincent van Gogh Biography e425y

Dec 27, 2006

Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. His mother had given birth to an already dead baby (stillborn) one year earlier, also on March 30. That baby had also been named Vincent. Over the course of his 37 years, Vincent painted some of the most renowned paintings of our time and went a little crazy in the process.

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Vincent van Gogh quit school when he was only 15 and headed off to art. During the next ten years, Vincent van Gogh painted 872 paintings.

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Although Vincent van Gogh is a money on art supplies instead of food.

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Vincent also suffered from severe depression and was itted to an asylum in December 1888, after chopping off his own revolver. Two days later he died with his younger brother, Theo, by his side.

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For the last few months of van Gogh's life, he was seeing Dr. Gachet about his mental instability. Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet remains one of the most expensive paintings in the world. In 1990, the painting has not been seen.

  • For more about Vincent van Gogh and his paintings, check out the van Gogh gallery www.vangoghgallery.com
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