Vincent van Gogh Biography 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
Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), perhaps the most famous artist in the world, is perceived by many as the 'mad' artist, the man who painted in a frenzy or simply the tormented soul who cuts off his ear His artistic genius is often overshadowed by those who see his paintings as mere visual manifestations of his troubled mind
Chronology of Vincent Van Goghs life and works On 30 March, Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in Zundert, the eldest son of the Protestant clergyman Theodorus van Gogh (1822 - 1885) and Anna Cornelia Carbentus (1819-1907) 1857 Birth of his brother Theo on 1 May
Vincent van Gogh Paintings Masterpieces by Van Gogh Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh; Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh; Starry Night over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh; Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh; Irises by Vincent van Gogh; Almond Blossom by Vincent van Gogh; At Eternity's Gate by Vincent van Gogh; Wheatfield with Crows by Vincent van Gogh
Olive Grove, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh Olive Grove, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh The olive groves around Saint-Rémy were a rewarding subject for Van Gogh He was fascinated by the ever-changing colour of the olive trees and tried to find a good way of painting their irregular growth
Sunset at Montmajour, 1888 - by Vincent van Gogh Sunset at Montmajour is a landscape in oils painted by Vincent van Gogh in July 1888 It was painted while the artist was at Arles, France and depicts a landscape of garrigue with the ruins of Montmajour Abbey in the background
The Ravine, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh The Ravine, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh In June 1889, shortly after his arrival at an asylum in the southern French town of Saint-Rémy, van Gogh painted a riotous study of a flowering hillside He sent a pen-and-ink copy of the painting to his brother in early July
At Eternitys Gate, 1890 by Vincent Van Gogh At Eternity's Gate is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he made in 1890 in Saint-Remy de Provence based on an early lithograph The painting was completed in early May at a time when he was convalescing from a severe relapse in his health and some two months before his death, generally accepted as a suicide
Self Portrait by Vincent Van Gogh In 2022, a new Vincent van Gogh's self-portrait was revealed during an X-ray of Head of a Peasant Woman, as the National Gallery of Scotland was prepping for an upcoming exhibition on impressionism The Starry Night
The Good Samaritan, 1890 by Vincent van Gogh On May 8, 1889, exhausted, ill, and out of control, Vincent Van Gogh committed himself to St Paul's psychiatric asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, a small hamlet in the south of France A former monastery, the sanitarium was located in an area of cornfields, vineyards and olive trees