

He drifted in ill health and solitude before taking up painting in 1881, having moved back home with his parents. He turned to religion and spent time as a Protestant missionary in southern Belgium. As a young man, he worked as an art dealer, often traveling, but became depressed after he was transferred to London. Not commercially successful, he struggled with severe depression and poverty, eventually leading to his suicide at age thirty-seven.īorn into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh drew as a child and was serious, quiet, and thoughtful. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. Would you like one of the masterpieces of Vincent van Gogh on your wall? Have a look at his paintings and choose your favorite painting in your own desired size.Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam is completey dedicated to his work and his contemporaries. Van Gogh produced 27 self portraits, many landscapes and still-lives and is known for stippling. Van Gogh was a big influencer on expressionism, fauvism and early abstraction. The work of Vincent van Gogh belongs to the post-impressionism, successor of the impressionism. Followed by years of mental illness and poverty Vincent tragically died shooting himself in the chest in 1890 at the age of 37 years. Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. He bonded more and more with his brother Theodore, who also helped him out financially more than once. Here he produced a great number of his famous paintings, including Sunflowers and The Yellow House.ĭuring al these years the mental state of mind of Vincent became worse. In February 1888 Vincent moved to Arles in the south of France. The art of Vincent was influenced by impressionism and became lighter in colour and more and more he went to the countryside to capture nature. Stippling was taught to him by Paul Signac. view Flowerpot with Garlic Chives Vincent van Gogh €354.00 – €652.00 Select options.view Flowering Plum Orchard Vincent van Gogh €330.00 – €880.00 Select options.view Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Vincent van Gogh €340.00 – €1,415.00 Select options.view Fishing Boats on the Beach at Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Vincent van Gogh €300.00 – €1,910.00 Select options.view Field with Poppies Vincent van Gogh €365.00 – €1,730.00 Select options.view Ears of Wheat Vincent van Gogh €320.00 – €1,135.00 Select options.view Daubigny’s Garden Vincent van Gogh €335.00 – €1,100.00 Select options.view Courtesan Vincent van Gogh €280.00 – €1,545.00 Select options.view Carafe and Dish with Citrus Fruit Vincent van Gogh €303.00 – €1,445.00 Select options.view Butterflies and Poppies Vincent van Gogh €337.00 – €966.00 Select options.view Bridge in the Rain Vincent van Gogh €285.00 – €1,805.00 Select options.view Almond Blossom Vincent van Gogh €259.00 – €1,037.00 Select options.And with your purchase you immediately support the Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam! Vincent moved on to Antwerp, followed by Paris.Īs an official licensee we work closely with the Van Gogh Museum and have access to a lot of additional information from curators so that we can share many interesting details and guarantee the very best quality. In 1881 he moved back to his parental house where he came in contact with the Hague School. Over there he studied to become an evangelist, and later to be an artist. Already in 1878 he stopped this study and moved to Brussels. In 1877 he moved to Amsterdam in order to get prepared to study theology. Vincent van Gogh’s passion for art began during his work as an art trader for several years in his younger years. Acknowledgement as a master painter took place a long time after that. Nowadays van Gogh is considered to be one of the most important painters of the 19 th century but in his days most likely only one painting was sold. He was the son of preacher Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in 1853 in Zundert, a small Dutch village close to Belgium.
