1. Vincent van Gogh

2. Birth name: Vincent Willem van Gogh
vincent van gogh
Birth name: Vincent Willem van Gogh
Born: 30 March 1853
NETHERLANDS
DIED: 29 JULY 1890
FRANCE

3. early life
Son of a pastor, brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere
Father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church
As a child, Van Gogh was serious, silent, highly emotional and lacked confidence
Obtained a position with the art dealer Goupil & Cie in The Hague through his Uncle
He wanted to be a pastor, so his family sent him to Amsterdam in May 1877 (Lived with his uncle Jan van Gogh)
Vincent failed at his studies and had to abandon them

4. Influences
Theodorus (Theo) van Gogh: Vincent's younger brother who worked as an art dealer and was Vincent's closest friend
Johanna Gesina van Gogh (Bonger): Theo's wife. Johanna was the first to publish the letters Vincent wrote to Theo after his death
Anna Cornelia van Gogh: Vincent's Mother
Theodorus van Gogh: Vincent’s Father.
Cornelia Adriana Vos-Stricker: Vincent's widowed cousin who he fell in love with in the summer of in Etten. Still grieving the loss of her husband Cornelia rejected Vincent and returned to Amsterdam.
Dr. Félix Rey: Doctor who treated Van Gogh in Arles after he cut off part of his left ear lobe.

5. facts close friends with Paul Gauguin had mental issues
Vincent’s brother Theo died six months after Vincent and is buried next to him
in a short period of ten years Van Gogh made approximately 900 paintings
Vincent only sold one painting during his lifetime
Vincent van Gogh did not cut off his ear but he did cut off a small portion of his ear lobe

6. Work Van Gogh drew and painted water-colors while he went to school
When Theo (Vincent’s brother) said that Vincent’s art works lacked liveliness and freshness, Vincent destroyed them and turned to oil painting.
In spring 1883, Vincent went to renowned Hague School
Later, he went to Paris to improve on techniques and also to join this brother, Theo
Met Pissarro, Monet and Gauguin
Impressionists
Often Van Gogh painted the view from his window
Post Impressionism

7. post impressionism
“Post-Impressionists extended Impressionism while rejecting its limitations: they continued using vivid colours, thick application of paint, distinctive brushstrokes and real-life subject matter, but they were more inclined to emphasize geometric forms, to distort form for expressive effect, and to use unnatural or arbitrary colour.”
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8. Mental Illness
The last few years of life mental problems afflicted him
He cut off the lobe of his left ear and over 150 psychiatrists have been attempted to label his illness but did not succeed.
Diagnoses have been put such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and syphilis
He also was poisoned by swallowing paints that he used.
The paint were lead based, which leads to lead poisoning and results in swelling of the retina

9. Death Van Gogh committed suicide.
His depression deepened, and on 27th July 1890, at the age of 37 he walked into the fields and shot himself in the chest.
Without realizing that he was fatally wounded, he went back to the Ravoux Inn where he dies in his bed two days later

10. from http://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/time.html
TIME LINE
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11. works The potato eaters Wheatfield With Cypresses
Vase with twelve sunflowers

12. WORKS The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night
Almond Branches in Bloom
Starry Night over the Rhone
The Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night

13. WORKS
The Bedroom at Arles
A Vase of Roses
Irises

14. works (Self-Portrait)
Self-Portrait in Front of the Easel (1888)
Self-Portrait (Dedicated to Paul Gauguin) (1888)
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat (1887)
Self-Portrait (1889)

15. Quotes
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.
Happiness... it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?
I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed.

16. Works cited