Vincent Van Gogh

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People often get fascinated by the world of arts. There are extremely well noted personalities who have acquired the name and even fame in the world of art.

One such very well known art is painting. Painting is such a fascinating art that is believed to be one of the best ways to express our ideas, emotions, etc...

When it comes to paintings we can never for the great painter "Vincent van Gogh". This legendary painter got his popularity recognized in the world of art however it was too late by then. When Vincent was alive his paintings were not even looked upon. Folks never liked his art during his life time. But it was after his death people got to know about his paintings. After his demise people started realizing the quality of his art. Peple then realized his feelings and emotions that he wanted to convey to the world. His sensations, imagination, concerns, responses all revealed so magnificently in his paintings that if a person desires to say something however is falling short of words he could only get a painting to express it completely with appropriate understanding.

On 30th March 1853, Vincent ...
... was born to a Teodorus family and resided in a village called Groot-Zundert . His wife's name was Anna who was originally from Karbentus. Van Gogh had a loss of mental health. All this happened due to the fact of the birth of a lifeless child. This incident made great negative impact on Van Gogh's mind which resulted into the loss of his mental health.

Vincent's child years was a rather joyful going kind as he was born and brought up in a family who was sophisicated-minded. He enjoyed with 5 siblings. Vincent was the oldest amidst them. Four of his siblings had committed suicide. Vincent was very fond of paintings. This art fascinated him and so he decided to make this art his career when was at 16 years of his age. Initially he used to sell the paintings of other painters.

He started doing work in a European firm named Goupil who was a extremely well-known French art dealer. He was attracted towards Eugenie Loyer. But she rejected him as she was already engaged. This had a very bad impact on him and he was in a state of shock. This resulted in the first act of melancholy which later turned into a sadness. This affected adversely on his work due to which was dismissed as he was found no more competent. Then he went to Amsterdam for mastering theology however wasn't able to pass the exam. After that he went to a missionary school in Brussels. Completting his studies he went to Borinage, Belgium. There he stayed in barracks and slept on straw like the other poor miners of that region. There Vincent started to paint and a lot of workers inspired him to do so. The art work of Jean-Fran inspired him deeply. His one of the best works is "potato-eater" which reflects a theme of god-fearing, hard working people.

However, Vincent had to face a lot of problems in life which was really tragic. But then his art of painting made him lively with full of colors and even life with his exquisite and even message conveying paintings.

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