Van Gogh generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists.
Vincent van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history.
In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still life’s, portraits, and self-portraits, and are characterized by bold colors and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art.
Not commercially successful, he struggled with severe depression and poverty, eventually leading to his suicide at age thirty-seven.
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