VAN GOGH

Vincent van Gogh
Letters: He wrote a lot of letters (800) which 650 were for his beloved younger brother Theo.
Life: He was named after his unborn brother Vincent, he went to many schools butafter he turned 15 he left school and found a new passion: art. He went to work at the age of 16 and continued, until he met a girl who refused him then he lost faith in art until he went to Paris towatch a new gallery. Then he recovered his love for art and spend his life traveling from here to there, had many family problems and religious problems. Sadly he sold a few of his paintings until hedied.
Paintings: his style was impressionism which is a painting that uses harsh brush strokes and focuses in the perception of light, he made many paintings in which he mostly represented poverty. Oneof his most famous paintings was starry night.
Ear: he severed his ear with a razor causing a severe hemorrage which then lead to avents in which they had to take his ear off.
Vincent Willem vanGogh (en neerlandés Acerca de este sonido Vincent van Gogh (?·i) [ˈvɪnsɛnt fɑn'xɔx]) (Zundert, Países Bajos, 30 de marzo de 1853-Auvers-sur-Oise, Francia, 29 de julio de 1890) fue un pintor neerlandés,uno de los principales exponentes del postimpresionismo.1

Pintó unos 900 cuadros (entre ellos 27 autorretratos y 148 acuarelas) y realizó más de 1.600 dibujos. Una figura central en su vida fue suhermano menor Theo, quien le prestó apoyo financiero de manera continua y desinteresada. La gran amistad entre ellos está documentada en las numerosas cartas que se intercambiaron desde agosto de 1872.De las 800 cartas que se conservan del pintor, unas 650 eran para Theo, las otras son correspondencia con amigos y familiares.2

A pesar que desde muy joven tuvo inclinación hacia el dibujo, suprimer trabajo fue en una galería de arte. Más tarde se convirtió en pastor protestante y en 1879, a la edad de 26 años, se marchó como misionero a una región minera de Bélgica, donde comenzó a dibujar...