The Red Vineyard, was the only painting he sold in his entire life. It was created in 1888.
Biography
Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30th 1853 in Groot-Zundert, Holland with a family of 5-- 3 girls, 3 boys, not including himself. The third died at birth. His name was also Vincent Van Gogh. He went to school at a boarding school at Jan Povily in Zevenbergen, then to the state Secondary School King Willem II at Tilburg. Vincent began to draw the coal miners and their families. It was during this time that Vincent van Gogh chose to be an artist. His styles were landscapes, portraits, interiors, still life and cityscapes, and used many bright colors.
Before he was an artist he was a clerk at a book store. When he was in his late twenties he started painting. He decided to become an artist between 1860 and 1880. For a very short time Vincent Van Gogh studied in Brussels, Antwerp, and Paris. He also studied privately with Anton Mauve a Dutch painter. His career ended on his tenth year of panting when he died at the age of thirty-seven. In 1885 he completes his first masterpiece and large-scale composition The Potato Eaters. He was friends with Paul Gauguin.
In his most productive year, Vincent Van Gogh shot himself, but didn't die until two days later at age 37 on July 29, 1890. Theo, Vincent’s brother died six months later. In a short period of time Vincent Van Gogh finished 900 paintings.
The Red Vineyard, was the only painting he sold in his entire life. It was created in 1888.
Works
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His early works were:
1881- Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs
1881- Still Life with Beer Mug and Fruit
1882- View of the Sea at Scheveningen 1882 -Fisherman's Wife on the Beach
1882- Girl in the Street, Two Coaches in the Background, A
1882- Girl in the Woods
1882- Girl in White in the Woods
1882- Fisherman on the Beach 1882- Beach at Scheveningen in Calm Weather
1882- Edge of a Wood
His later works were :
1890 -Wheat Field with Cornflowers
1890- Landscape at Auvers in the Rain
1890- Wheat Fields with Auvers in the Background
1890 -Wheat Fields near Auvers
1890 -Wheat Fields at Auvers Under Clouded Sky
1890- Still Life: Glass with Carnations
1890- Still Life: Glass with Wild Flowers
1890 -Wheat Field with Crows
1890 -Young Man with Cornflower
Some of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings are… Road with Cypress and Star, May 1890 Wheat Field with Cypresses, (1889), Cypresses, (1889), The Starry Night, June 1889, The Sower, (1888), Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (August 1888), The starry night is Vincent’s most popular work.
External Links
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