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What do you know of Vincent Van Gogh?
Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who worked for most of his life in France. His paintings are highly regarded and valued today, but he lived during a time when the value placed on art was rather different.
Van Gogh was born in 1853, the son of a Christian pastor. He entered an art academy at age 16 to pursue painting as his lifelong career.
However, Van Gogh's works were not well-received in society. He had a difficult time selling his paintings, and found it necessary to work at other jobs that did not interest him.
In 1885, Vincent Van Gogh had a nervous breakdown and was hospitalized. While in the hospital he started to paint more seriously than ever before, drawing so much inspiration from his surroundings.
He started to focus on the shapes, colors and patterns of nature for his work. Van Gogh also drew inspiration from various artists at the time such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Gauguin and Seurat.
In 1888, Van Gogh created his most famous painting: 'Sunflowers,' which is now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. However, Vincent was struggling financially and mentally.