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Vincent Van Gogh
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Born on March 30, 1853, at Groot-Zundert in the province of Brabant, Vincent Van Gogh was the son of a Protestant minister. His uncle was a partner in Goupil and Company, art dealers, and Vincent entered the firm at the age of 16 and remained with it for 6 years. He served the firm first in The Hague and then in London, where he fell in love with his landlady's daughter, who rejected him; then he worked for Goupil's branch in Paris.
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This is a fine art giclee print of a painting by legendary artist Vincent Van Gogh entitled "Starry Night over the Rhone" painted in 1888. Starry Night over the Rhone is one of Vincent van Gogh's more popular paintings of Arles at night. The location of this particular spot was less than a mile from the Yellow House on the Place Lamartine where Van Gogh was renting at the time. Sine painting at night was more challenging it intrigued Va Gogh. He carefully chose the location for the Starry Night over the Rhone which captured the reflections of the gas lighting in Arles across the glimmering blue water of the Rhône. The sky is illuminated by the constellation Ursa Major (the Great Bear).
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Vincent Van Gogh, the Dutch painter who cut off his own earlobe, died on this date in 1890, two days after shooting himself in the chest with a pistol. The postimpressionist painter suffered from depression and epileptoid seizures, which led him to move to a house in Arles, France. He was joined there for a time by Paul Gauguin. Van Gogh only succeeded in selling one painting in his lifetime. Since his death, his paintings have been sold for many millions of dollars, including Portrait of Dr. Gachet, which went for $82.5m. in 1990.
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Dutch artist, Vincent Van Gogh was born the son of Protestant minister. He adopted many different careers before finally devoting himself to painting. He was an employee of art dealers, a language teacher, student of practical evangelism, and a missionary. In 1881, he first developed his work in the traditional Dutch style. In 1886, he moved to Paris where he encountered Impressionism. Van Gogh’s life was plagued by series of unrequited love stories and rocky friendships.
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Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853, the oldest of eight children. In his youth, he lacked direction. The emotional and mental problems that later plagued him were in evidence even in his childhood, when he was often noticeably distracted or even dazed. He made an attempt to live normally in the world, working as an art dealer, a minister and a teacher, but suffering failure in each case.
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The first weeks of 1889 would not be easy for Vincent van Gogh. After his recovery, Vincent returned to his Yellow House, but continued to visit Dr. Rey for examinations and to have his head dressings changed. Vincent was encouraged by his progress after the breakdown, but his money problems continued and he felt particularly depressed when his close friend, Joseph Roulin (1841-1903), decided to accept a better paying position and move with his family to Marseilles. Roulin had been a dear and faithful friend to Vincent for most of his time in Arles.
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