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Vincent Willem van Gogh, the eldest of six children from a Protestant pastor's and artist's family,
was born on March 30, 1853, and raised in a small village in the Netherlands. He was a reserved
and self-contained young man with no apparent artistic talent who roamed the countryside. His
mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, a melancholy artist, instilled in him a love of nature, painting,
and watercolors.

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Van Gogh received an uneven education and soon began working as an apprentice for the art
dealers Goupil and Company, of which his uncle was a member. This daily contact with works
of art aroused his artistic sensibility and formed a taste for Dutch masters, although he preferred
contemporary French painters. In 1874, Vincent became increasingly lonely due to heartbreak,
and years later, he lost all ambition to become an art dealer. Before becoming a full-time artist,
Van Gogh worked in a bookstore, an art gallery, and as a teacher, minister, and missionary. In
1880, after falling into despair, Van Gogh decided that his mission would be to bring consolation
to humanity through art.

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His artistic career, however, was extremely brief, lasting only ten years, from 1880 to 1890.
During the first four years of this period, he confined himself almost entirely to drawings and
watercolors to gain technical proficiency. Van Gogh worked hard and methodically, but he soon
realized that self-training was difficult and that he needed to seek the advice of more experienced
artists. His art became bolder and more assured over time. He painted three types of subjects:
motionless life, landscape, and figure, all linked by their depiction of peasants' daily lives,
hardships, and the countryside they cultivated.

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His palette became more colorful, his vision became less traditional, and his tonalities became
lighter. Once van Gogh had grown tired of the city, he attempted to paint nature while respecting
its visual aspect to control his emotions regarding the subject. Van Gogh and Gauguin once
collaborated because they greatly influenced each other. However, their relationship fastly rotted
because of their many differences. This led Van Gogh to cut off the lower half of his left ear.
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Vincent was hospitalized and then requested to be placed in an asylum for the time being. Van
Gogh remained there for a year, tormented by recurrent attacks, alternating between calm and
despair and working intermittently. His brushwork became broader and more expressive over
time, and his portrayal of nature became more lyrical. Everything in his paintings appeared to be
alive and moving. Van Gogh, however, committed suicide after concluding that he would never
be able to recover or get over his loneliness. He didn't die but refused to answer questions,
claiming that his body was nobody's business and that he was free to do whatever he desired. He
passed away on July 29, 1890.

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Six months later, Theo, his brother who had always supported and loved him unconditionally,
died as well, and his remains were buried alongside Vincent's. Van Gogh's fame dates back to
the early twentieth century and has never ceased to grow. He was always desperately poor, but
he was sustained by his faith in the value of what he had to communicate and by Theo's
generosity, who believed in him implicitly.