Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, but he was not the first. Exactly one year earlier his brother was born. His parents named his brother Vincent Van Gogh. He was a stillborn baby and died soon after. His parents thought the birth of their new son was an answered prayer. His father was Theodorus van Gogh(Schaffner, 16). He was one of eleven kids. They were a middle class family. His mother was Anna Carbentus van Gogh(Schaffner, 16). He also had three sisters, Anna Wil, and Elizabeth, and two brothers Theo and Cornelis.
Vincent Van Gogh did not attend school as a child. He was an apprentice at his uncle’s business (Schaffner, 17). He was only 16 at the time. Vincent and his uncle were both art dealers. They would buy art and sell it for a profit. As an art dealer he started to become interested in art and
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Kee’s father had told Van Gogh over and over Kee wasn’t home. He thought she was and her father just wouldn’t let him in. Later he came back with a lantern and asked to talk to Kee for as long as he could hold his hand over the flame. (http://bonniebutterfield.com/VincentVanGogh.htm) Kee’s father took him to a bar to get him drunk and to calm him down. His cousin Kee would also reject him to.
After his affair with Kee he fell in love with a prostitute named Sien. (http://bonniebutterfield.com/VincentVanGogh.htm). Sien moved in with Vincent. This would cause problems with his relationship with his family and went against his religion (http://bonniebutterfield.com/VincentVanGogh.htm).
Most of what Van Gogh knew about art was self taught. Van Gogh thought it was important to master drawing and using black and white before he painted and used color (http://www.artble.com/artists/vincent_van_gogh/) He also made some oil on canvas to. He also studied many art books. Van Gogh was an impressionist and liked to paint things like landscapes, flowers, and self