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\u201cPoetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.\u201d Vincent van Gogh<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Dutch post-impressionist painter,\u00a0Vincent van Gogh<\/a>\u00a0was born on 30th March 1853, in the town of Zundert in the south of the Netherlands. Vincent spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers, travelling between The Hague, London and Paris, after which he taught for some time in England.<\/p>\n

He is known for his vivid use of colour, however his early works, such as \u201cThe Potato Eaters\u201d and \u201cSkull of a skeleton with burning cigarette\u201d in 1885, consisted of a limited palette, using mostly sombre earth tones. It was not until March of 1886 when he moved to Paris and then later to the south of France, where his style began to be influenced by French Impressionists and the strong sunlight found in southern Europe. Gradually his style evolved, with the use of striking colours and emotive brushstrokes, becoming unique and now eternally recognisable as the ‘Van Gogh’ style.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.\u201d Vincent van Gogh<\/h4>\n

Despite his artistic abilities, Vincent suffered from anxiety and fits of mental illness. How and to what extent this influenced his work is largely unknown, but modern critics consider that Vincent was deeply unhappy because his sickness made his painting slower and less clear. Often his personal relationships were disatourus, instead turning to his art to express his love for humanity and exploration into man\u2019s social and spiritual condition.<\/p>\n

Before his tragic suicide at the age of 37, and in just over a decade, Vincent was very prolific, producing more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints.<\/p>\n

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On July 29th 1890, Vincent was discovered dead and a letter was found on his body, addressed to his beloved brother Theo. In\u00a0his penultimate letter<\/a>, which can be found in Europeana, Vincent admitted “I have risked my life for my work, and it has cost me half my reason”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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