Vincent van Gogh lived from 1853 –1890. He was a Dutch artist, a Post-Impressionist painter.
The Potato Eaters, early Van Gogh
Van Gogh spent his early life working for a firm of art dealers. Later he taught in England at Isleworth and Ramsgate. He was deeply religious as a younger man and intended to be a pastor. He worked as a missionary in Belgium where he began to sketch. In 1885 he painted The Potato Eaters, considered his first major work although it was very different from his later paintings, with sombre colours instead of the vivid colours we now associate with the works of Van Gogh. In 1886, he moved to Paris and discovered the French Impressionists. Later he moved to the south of France and was influenced by the light there. His painting grew more colourful and he soon developed the recognizable style that we associate with his work.
His mental health deteriorated and after years of unhappiness he finally died aged 37 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. There is much debate as to how far his illness affected his painting but his later paintings seem to deny. He died at an age which would seem very young to us, and most of his paintings were painted in the later years of his short life when his output became prolific and inestimably great.
Vincent Van Gogh prints from the portraits, self portraits, landscapes and his famous still-life paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.
To buy Van Gogh paintings as prints, follow this link
To visit all painters and choose a different painter, go to Home