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Vincent Van Gogh
Though Vincent van Gogh’s time on Earth was brief, a mere 37 years (Dawe 30), he began a new age of art, impressionism. His work has inspired people for more than a century now, but Van Gogh would have never guessed it would. For in his lifetime he sold only one painting, 1885’s The Potato Eaters (Dawe 5). Van Gogh was born into a lower-class family in Groot Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853 (Wallace 8). His birth occurred exactly one year after his brother, also named Vincent van Gogh, was born stillborn (Wallace 9). As Van Gogh was growing up, however, he showed signs of being troubled. During one incident he created a small elephant out of clay and a sketch of cat, but when his parents praised him, he torn them apart (Wallace 9). When Van Gogh was 12 years old, he was sent to a boarding school 15 miles away in Zevenbergen (Wallace 9). His parents believed he was getting too “rough” with the local boys (Wallace 9). During Van Gogh’s time at Zevenbergen, he loved to read (Wallace 10). He admired Shakespeare, but his favorite piece of literature was Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. At age 16, Van Gogh left school and headed to Goupil & Cie. at The Hague to deal paintings for his uncle (Wallace 10). Theo, his favorite and closest sibling, came and joined Van Gogh at The Hague in 1872. Van Gogh transferred one year later to the London Branch of Goupil’s, which was when he began to exchange his letters with Theo (Wallace 11). After a brief love affair with his landlady’s daughter, he was again transferred, this time to Paris (Wallace 11). While in Paris Vincent became increasingly careless with his work. He was rude to customers, and thus in 1876 he was fired (Wallace 11). Van Gogh went through numerous jobs during the next few years, including a Bible Study teacher, a bookstore clerk and studied to be a clergyman, but gave it up in 1878. Van Gogh attempted ... Please login to view comments from other users.
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