Vincent van Gogh Biography

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NAME: Vincent van Gogh
OCCUPATION: Painter
BIRTH DATE: March 30, 1853
DEATH DATE: July 29, 1890
EDUCATION: Brussels Academy

PLACE OF BIRTH: Zundert, Netherlands
PLACE OF DEATH: Auvers-sur-Oise, France

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Vincent van Gogh is generally considered one of the greatest Dutch painters of all time, although he remained poor and virtually unknown throughout his life.

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Vincent van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands. After failing to become an evangelist, he first began to draw seriously in 1880. His style underwent great changes during his short artistic career, and he suffered periods of mental illness. He died poor and unknown from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1890, but is now considered one of the greatest Dutch painters of all time.