Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh


  Although he is almost unknown during his brief lifetime, Vincent Willem van

Gogh, was born  Mar.  30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, the Netherlands and is today

probably the most known and appreciated representative of art.  His work became

an important bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries; and it was particularly

influential . Van Gogh clearly showed artistic talent even as a child, but

neither he or his family imagined that painting would become his career. Instead,

at the age of 16, he went to work for Goupil and Company, an art gallery with

which one of his uncles had long been associated with; he was dismissed in 1876.

Other false starts included a job in a Dordrecht bookstore during the spring of

1877, theological studies at the University of Amsterdam, and from November 1878

to July 1879, service as a lay missionary in a coal-mining district in Belgium.

  In 1880, Vincent chose art as a vocation and became dependent on his brother

for cash.  Indeed, for the next 10 years Theo, who had also gone to work for

Goupil, sent an allowance to Vincent, encouraged him to work, and wrote

regularly. Vincent's thinking during his short career (approximately 750

paintings, 1,600 drawings, 9 lithographs, and 1 etching) was documented in more

than 700 letters that he wrote to Theo and others.

  Van Gogh's early years includes all his work from 1879 through 1885.  Between

August 1879 and November 1885 he worked in Etten, The Hague--where he received

some instruction from his cousin, Anton Mauve and in Nuenen, among other places.

In Nuenen he painted The Potato Eaters, his first important picture, which

underscores his lifelong interest in peasant subjects.

  During the winter of 1885-86 Van Gogh studThis is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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