Self-portrait
Vincent Willem van Gogh
Born: 6 January 1873; Zundert , Netherlands in terms of modern geography
Active years: 1892 - 1912
Nationality: Dutch
Art Form: Painting
Style: Impressionism
Influenced on: Paul Cézanne , Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Teachers: Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Van Gogh is one of the best. The great artist was born in 1853, Netherlands. His style is applicable to post-impressionists’ movement and all his works are characterized by unique beauty, emotion and color. When he was a child painting was a hobby, but became a profession in the adulthood. All his works were full of sun and good mood and nowadays people don’t understand why his paintings were not sold. Perhaps, it was caused by the specific feature of the artist’s style.
He created the unusual mixture of impressionism and expressionism. It had rarely been done before, if two arts were combined. The most popular works of the artists are following: ‘Starry Night’, ‘Sunflowers’, ‘Bedroom in Arles’, ‘Portrait of Dr Gachet’ and ‘Sorrow’. Most of them are regularly copied by beginning artists to learn how to draw. In certain circles Van Gogh is known as a crazy man, who, according to legend, bit his ear off. Van Gogh died in France on July 29, 1890, at age 37, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
