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Theo van Gogh to Jo Bonger, 28 December 1888. Theo returned to Paris immediately after visiting the hospital, and so did Gauguin. Vincent’s dream of a shared studio had proved to be short-lived. He remembered little about the ear incident and when he was discharged from the hospital in early January 1889, he resumed painting.
Vincent Willem van Gogh ( Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ‿vɑŋ‿ˈɣɔx] ⓘ; [note 1] 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings ...
- Vincent Willem van Gogh, 30 March 1853, Zundert, Netherlands
- 29 July 1890 (aged 37), Auvers-sur-Oise, France
Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert, a village in the southern province of North Brabant. He was the eldest son of the Reverend Theodorus van Gogh (1822 - 1885) and Anna Cornelia Carbentus (1819 - 1907), whose other children were Vincent's sisters Elisabeth, Anna, and Wil, and his brother Theo ...
- Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen. WHERE: The Netherlands. Vincent yearned his entire life to connect with others. With his father serving as the parson of the Dutch Reformed Church in Nuenen, the church was his natural entrée.
- Le Moulin de la Galette. WHERE: Paris. Vincent’s brother, Théo, an art dealer in Paris, told him about the art revolution going on—it was the dawning days of Impressionism.
- Langlois Bridge with Washerwomen. WHERE: Arles. Toulouse-Lautrec told Vincent that the translucent sunlight in southern France resembled that of Japan’s. Vincent decided to move to Arles.
- The Yellow House. WHERE: Arles. Vincent dreamt of establishing the Atelier du Midi, a utopian artist colony, and he found the perfect venue in the Yellow House on Place Lamartine in Arles, where he rented four rooms.
4. A man of letters. As well as creating hundreds of artworks, van Gogh wrote almost as many letters and postcards. These often included the first sketches of many of his most famous masterpieces. Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin (1888) by Vincent van Gogh Harvard Art Museums. 5.
Van Gogh was inspired by Lhermitte’s depictions of rural life and he asked his brother Theo to send reproductions of Lhermitte’s work. This painting is typical—a sympathetic scene of peasant life depicting three generations. Van Gogh’s own early subjects included peasants and miners. Jules Breton was an artist Van Gogh admired.
During his time in France, Vincent van Gogh lived in Paris, Arles and Saint-Remy-de-Provence and finally in Auvers-sur-Oise just outside Paris, where he died in 1890. The fact that he spent much of his working life in France leads many to wonder whether he was French. He was in fact Dutch, born in Zundert in the Netherlands in 1853.
