Vincent van Gogh is one of the of the most well known artist of the post-impressionist period. The world famous Dutch artist painted some of the most expensive and popular paintings of the world. Vincent van Gogh was christened as Vincent Willem van Gogh. The famous artist of nineteenth century was born on 30th March in the year 1853. the iconic artist lived only for thirty seven years. According to some, the iconic artist suffered much from seizure, poisonous effect of swallowed paint an his fondness to alcohol.
Early life of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh was born in the village Groot Zundert situated near Breda in the Southerrn Netherlands. His father Theodorus Van Gogh was a minister of Dutch Reformed Church. His mother was AnnaCornelina Carbentus. Vincent van Gogh was given the name of his grandfather and the name was previously given to his elder brother who died at an early age. This incident had a great impact on the young artist. According to the critics this lead him to the portrayal of pairs of male figures in his paintings and drawings.
Adult life of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh began his career working with art dealers and chaged his career several times. He became a teacher an a missionery worker too. But he never really started his career as an artist before the year 1880.
Vincent van Gogh as an artist
beginning his artistic career in the year 1880 Vincent van Gogh initially used light and sombre colors. But after he was introduced to impressionism and neo-impressionism in Paris France he started using bight colors. His style of painting also changed considerably making his a blessed artist who leaves his marks in every painting. The days spent in Arles, France helped him to grow as an artist. During life span Vincent van Gogh produced more than 2000 drawings and sketches. He produced 900 paintings and 1100 sketches. His famous paintings include The Potato Eaters, The Red Vineyard, The Starry Night, Vase with Twelve Sunflowers and Skull with a Burning Cigarette. Vincent van Gogh is also a pioneer of Expresionism. Hi works influenced the 20th century art to a great extent.
Medical problems and alcoholism of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh cut his left year in a fit of Seizure. According to some he did so because he was distressed due to the breakdown in Friendship with Paul Gauguin, another eminent artist of that time. Later Vincent van Gogh was affected greatly with mental illness and more than 150 psychiatrists examined him. According to some h was affected by Schizophernia, bipolar disorder, poisoning from the paints, temporal lobe epilepsy and many more. His iconic alcoholism and fondness to absinthe aggravated the problem. Due to much consumption of absinthe that contain Thujone, a neurotoxin that causes yellow vision, he used yellow color in most of his paintings.
In his final years Vincent van Gogh suffered from mental illness and commited uicide atan early age.
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