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Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night
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In 1889 Van Gogh was severly depressed and created one of the world's most famous paintings "Starry Night." On July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into the fields and shot himself in the chest with a revolver. He died 2 days later on July 29, 1890.
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"The experiment of accepting the services of a young Dutchman, Mr. Vincent van Gogh, who felt himself called to be an evangelist in the Borinage, has not produced the anticipated results. If a talent for speaking, indispensable to anyone placed at the head of a congregation, had been added to the admirable qualities he displayed in aiding the sick and wounded, to his devotion to the spirit of self-sacrifice, of which he gave many proofs by consecrating his night's rest to them, and by stripping himself of most of his clothes and linen in their behalf, Mr. Van Gogh would certainly have been an accomplished evangelist.
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The placement of planets and stars in Van Gogh's night skies is of interest to astronomers. They have found that he placed celestial bodies precisely where they should have been when the canvases were painted.
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Van Gogh became increasingly neurotic and had himself committed to a psychiatric institution where he painted his famous cypresses and starry skies. On 27 July 1890 he walked into a corn field and shot himself in the chest. He died two days later.
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Starry Night is probably Vincent van Gogh's most famous painting. Instantly recognizable because of its unique style, this work has been the subject of poetry, fiction, CD-ROMs as well as the well known song "Vincent" or "Starry, Starry Night" by Don McLean.
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Vincent regularly sends paintings to Théo , while taking care of making copies of those he considers best, to keep trace of his evolution and to show them to his family. " Irises " and " The starry night " will be exhibited at the 5th "Salon des Independants" in September 1889, then 10 of his paintings at the Salon of 1890, and 5 at the annual Exhibition of the twenty in Brussels.
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