Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1953 in Groot Zundert, a small Dutch village. He was born to Theodorous and Anna Cornelia Van Gogh. His father was a minister who worked in the village. His brother, Theo, was born in 1857. At age twelve, he went to work in his uncle's gallery. Later he was promoted to clerk in the Goupil gallery in London. He later quit his job in the gallery and traveled trying to find a career. In 1877, Van Gogh went to Amsterdam to study for the ministry. He later failed in that school, so he went to a smaller school in Brussels. He also failed there, but one of his teachers offered him a job in Borniage, Belgium, preaching to miners. He was later fired from his job of preaching. Van Gogh's brother helped convince him to be an artist. After, he moved to The Hague and set up a studio. …show more content…
His brother would give him money for art supplies, paying models, rent, and food- in that order (Lucas 19). Sometimes he ran out of money, so he was not able to buy food. In 1882 he cared for a woman, and drew a picture of her- Sorrow. In 1883 Van Gogh left The Hague at the age of thirty. He would sketch the laborers and poor. He insisted on drawing the peasants at work because it was truth (Lucas 21). He studied and sketched hands and faces. In 1885, Van Gogh put it all together in Five Persons at a Meal also know as The Potato Eaters (Lucas