Essay On Vincent Van Gogh

On March 30, 1853 one of the most brilliant and creative children was born in Zundert, Holland. This boy’s life would be one of pain and struggle. His name was Vincent Van Gogh.

During Vincent’s early years he lived with his father, Theodorus Van Gogh, his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, his two brothers, Theo and Cornelius, and his three sisters, Anna, Elisabeth, and Willemina. One of his main struggles was that he was born with mental instability for the majority of his life. But the problem that hurt most was that he was born exactly one year before the previous Vincent Willem had been still born to his mother. This forced Vincent to live the rest of his life thinking that he was a replacement child. The one thing that saved him from the pain was art.

Vincent went to a local school for his academics and a parsonage for his religious education from 1861 to 1864. In school, he was an average student, but his choice of clothing and his eating habits made him appear strange to other students. He then transferred to a boarding school in Zevenbergen, where he studied English, German, and French. He later transferred to a high school in Tilburg, but was forced to leave due to the high costs. The art teacher at the school, a well respected man, never saw anything extraordinary about Vincent’s art skills.

After dropping out of high school he went to The Hague to work at his uncle’s art dealership, “Goupil & Cie.” In June of 1873, he was transferred to the Goupil Gallery in London. This is where he met his first love. He fell in love with his landlady’s daughter. Vincent was devastated when she rejected his proposal. His letters to his brother were full of sadness and confusion. The only times he seemed enlightened were when he was w...

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...pital at night. The people in his area signed a petiton that said he had to leave because he was too dangerous. After being kicked out he sent 6 painting including “Starry Night”.

Without a place to stay, Dr. Paul Gachet took him in as one of his patients. He rented a room and received many visits from his family. During one of the visits Theo told Vincent that he had to be stricter with his money. Vincent took this the wrong way, thinking that Theo didn’t want to sell his work anymore.

Later Vincent went outside to paint, but brought with him a pistol. He shot himself twice in the chest, but that didn’t kill him. He was rushed to the hospital after being found in his room. Theo was requested and they went home, but Vincent died in his brothers arms.

After all the pains and struggles, Vincent fought through it all and became one of the best painters in history.