Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born in 1853 and went on to become a post-impressionist artist who had a brilliant eye for color, emotion and beauty. However, he struggled with poverty and mental illness throughout his short life. He died at the young age of 37 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In this short lifespan, he managed to complete over 2100 artworks of which 860 were oil paintings and 1300 watercolors, sketches and drawings.
The paintings by Vincent Van Gogh are considered to be the most expensive in the world according to famous art critics. His “Irises” was sold for a record amount of $53.9 million dollars, and his “Portrait of Dr. Gachet” was sold for $82.5 million dollars. Let’s take a look at some h his other famous paintings:
- The Starry Night
This was painted by Vincent Van Gogh in the year 1889. The oil painting depicts the night sky in a swirling visual looming above a sleeping village. This painting is currently at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
- Sunflowers
Vincent Van Gogh painted two series of sunflowers. These oil paintings depict yellow sunflowers wilting in a vase. These paintings are prominently displayed in museums in London, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Philadelphia and Munich.
- Self-Portraits
In the short period that Van Gogh devoted to painting, he managed to create more than forty three self-portraits in the form of paintings and drawings. These are now displayed at different art museums all over the world.
It was in the year of 1880, at the age of 27 that Vincent Van Gogh decided to try his hand at becoming an artist. He had no formal art training but tried to make up for it by studying books like Cours de dessin by Charles Bargue and Travaux des champs by Jean-François Millet on his own. Pretty soon he created his own unique style of painting that is tried to be recreated by plenty of struggling artists today.
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