Van Gogh Nancy o’Brien 6 th class

About Van Gogh Vincent William Van Gogh was a Dutch post impressionist painter whose work,notable for its rough beauty,emotional honesty and bold colour, had a far reaching influence on 20 th century art. After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness,he died at the age of 37 from a gun shot wound,generally self inflicted ( although no gun was found ).His work was then known to only a handful of people and appreciated by fewer still.

His illness Van Gogh had a mental illness since birth.He had a rare form of epilepsy. This illness made it very difficult for him to get along with others. His behaviour made others think he was strange. Van Gogh mostly stayed in a mental hospital, where he did most of his art work.

Why & What Van Gogh was training to be an minister but he was too shy and found it hard to talk in front of people because of his illness, so after a short while, he regretfully gave up his work. That’s when he decided to devote himself to art. He studied in Belgium determined to give happiness by creating it.

Some of his best paintings Which words best describe starry night, this painting is peaceful and exploding