Vincent Van Gogh

Fun Facts.

• He died at age 37 from a gunshot wound.
• In just over a decade he made 2,100 works of art.
• His first famous painting was called The Potato Eaters.
• When he moved to France he saw the bright sun and started 
• drawing in brighter colors.

Who was he?

• Vincent William Van Gogh. 
• Born on March 30, 1853 in  Zundert Neatherlands.
• He was a post/impressionist painter of dutch origin who's work,
• notable for it's rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color.
• After painful years, anxiety and mental illness he died at 37 years old.

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• Van Gogh started drawing as a child.
• He continued to draw on the road to an artist.
• He did not began painting till his late twenties.
• He spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers.
• He was trained by Anton Mauve an artist also in the Dutch colony.

Anton Mauve

• He was a leading member of the Hague school.
• A year after his birth his father was sent to Haarlem where he grew up.
• He was also an artist who painted instead of drawing.

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• www.kulturtechno.de