Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who self-taught himself to paint with emotion. He was a troubled person who was a skilled painter that used his emotions to battle his depression. He was famed for his technique and style with the brush strokes that used emotion and feelings to move his art work. He produced at least 2,000 works of art in his 10-year career. However, Van Gogh sold one painting only in his lifetime and he did not become successful until his passing on. Van Gogh was inspired by the work that post- impressionists have done with their art and he started to use them with a unique style that will be continued today.
He was born in Holland in 1853. He was a son of a pastor that brought him in a religious atmosphere, however, Van Gogh struggled with his identity and the path he should take in life. In 1869, he got his first job at the Hague branch of an international art dealing firm. He writes lots of letters to his younger brother Theo which will be going on for the rest of Van Gogh life. He took a job in London and
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Van Gogh had to spend time in a mental hospital and the problems he had was depression and paralyzing anxiety, but this made his art reflect the intense colors and lights around him. On the day July 27 1890, Van Gogh had suffered from depression and shot himself. He died around two days later.
The art style Vincent Van Gogh was to bring an emotional and spiritual state in all his paints. His painting technique and style with the brushstrokes brought the color to life because of the personal expression it had in the artwork. Each artwork had a direct path with the artist to see the view in each setting in their eyes, heart, and mind. His dedication to the inner spirituality of people and their nature combined the style and the content to form an emotional artwork. Van Gogh used colors to symbolic all the emotions people had with his