Vincent Van Gogh 18531890

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Vincent Van Gogh1853-1890

• A Short Biography

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Early Life

• Psychological trauma for being a replacement
  child
• 1869 joined the Goupil Cie firm
• First passion for art
• 1873 transferred to London
• 1875 transferred to Paris

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A Man of Numerous Passions

• 1876 begins teaching
• 1876-77 seeks to join the clergy
• 1879 preaches to the poverty-stricken in Belgium
  and Vincent van Gogh the artist is born

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Backdrop for hisEarly Works

• Financial dependence upon his brother Theo
• 1880 begins his art studies in Brussels
• Numerous failures with women depress van Gogh
• Kee
• Mauve
• Sien
• Margot

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First Great Work

• The Potato Eaters 1885

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• Impressionist Influence
• Japanese Influence
• Portrait of Pere Tanguy 1887

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Emotional Instability

• Landscape with Path and Pollard Trees 1888 Path
  through a Field of Willows 1888

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Studio in the South

• Gauguin
• The Ear Incident
• Confinement

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Despite Van Goghs deteriorating emotional and
mental states he produces some of his finest
works.

• Starry Night 1889

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• Moves to Auvers
• Overall mental state remains
  somewhat stable, but he is still
  subject to frequent
  attacks.
• Sunflowers 1889

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• The Church at Auvers 1890

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• Portrait of Doctor Gachet 1890

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Final Days

• July 27, 1890 van Gogh shoots himself
• July 29, 1890 dies with his brother Theo at his
  side.
• Denied burial at the Church of Auvers