The First Steps 02
Visited:53574
1853-1890, Post-Impressionist painter, b. the Netherlands.
Van Gogh's works are perhaps better known generally than those of any other painter. His brief, turbulent, and tragic life is thought to epitomize the mad genius legend.
During his lifetime, Van Gogh's work was represented in two very small exhibitions and two larger ones. Only one of Van Gogh's paintings was sold while he lived. The great majority of the works by which he is remembered were produced in 29 months of frenzied activity and intermittent bouts with epileptoid seizures and profound despair that finally ended in suicide. In his grim struggle Vincent had one constant ally and support, his younger brother Théo, to whom he wrote revealing and extraordinarily beautiful letters detailing his conflicts and aspirations. As a youth Van Gogh worked for a picture dealer, antagonizing customers until he was dismissed. Compulsively humanitarian, he tried to preach to oppressed mining families and was... [View Full Biography]
Oil Painting Reproduction on Canvas - Item number:
13579
oil painting url from :
The First Steps 02
[Copy Link]
oil painting keyword:oil
painting, wholesale oil painting,
Vincent Van Gogh
oil painting,
Plants
oil painting,
Woodland Garden, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
oil paintings, oil paintings
reproductions, handmade oil paintings
on Canvas,
Woodland Garden, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
Art Reproductions, handmade
Woodland Garden, Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
oil paintings