Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 to Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Reverend Theodorus van Gogh. His birthplace is Groot-Zundert in Holland. He had five siblings, one of whom—his brother Theo—will be a merciful provision to him all his life. Vincent will struggle through most of his life in serious mental issues. These will ultimately lead to his agonizingly long suicide attempt and death two days later.
After a rather uneventful and unrecorded childhood Vincent became employed at the Hague art gallery as an art dealer in 1870 at age 16. In 1873 he was transferred to London and then to Paris in 1875. After his transfer to Paris he no longer wished to be an art dealer.
After leaving this employment van Gogh sought religious

He is greatly influenced by impressionists and post impressionists in Paris. His color palette changed from dingy colors to vibrant ones.
In Paris van Gogh starts to mingle with other artists such as Paul Gauguin, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and Emile Bernard. He moves to Arles in 1888 with the hope of starting a colony of artists and a school of art. Paul Gauguin follows van Gogh to Arles. Vincent begins painting his famous sunflowers for Gauguin’s bedroom.
Near the end of 1888 mental illnesses begins to take hold of him. He was afflicted with epilepsy, psychotic attacks, and delusions. He threatens Gauguin with a knife and ends up cutting off a piece of his own ear as a gift for a prostitute. After these events van Gogh commits himself to an asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. It is here that he creates “The Starry Night.”
Vincent left the asylum in 1890 and made contact with Theo. He worked at a feverishly creating a new painting almost daily. He could not see his life as anything but “horribly wasted, personally failed and impossible.” He shoots himself in the chest July 27, 1890 but dies a lengthy two days later from the