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Essay Archive - Van Gogh
Van Gogh
The rapid evolution of a style characterized by canvases filled with
swirling, bright colors depicting people and nature is the essence of
Vincent Van Gogh's extremely prolific but tragically short career.
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Holland, son of
a Dutch Protestant pastor and eldest of six children. His favorite
brother Theo was four years younger. When Vincent was twelve to sixteen
years old, he went to a boarding school. That next year he was sent to
The Hague to work for an uncle who was an art dealer, but van Gogh was
unsuit....
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