Vincent Van Gogh - born 30th March 1853

Vincent Willem Van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a post-impressionist painter of  Dutch origin whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art. 

After years of painful anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness, he died aged 37 from a gunshot wound, generally accepted to be self-inflicted (although no gun was ever found).

 His work was then known to only a handful of people and appreciated by fewer still.

Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life.

 In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints.

 His work included self portraits, landscapes, still lifes,portraits and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.

Self-Portrait with Straw Hat

Listen to this song (with lyrics) dedicated to him and get to know some of his paintings:

SOME OF HIS QUOTES...