Vincent van Gogh

Post-Impressionist · Painter of Stars · Painter · 1853–1890

The tortured Dutch painter who sold one painting in his lifetime and left the world 900 canvases of searing beauty.

Explore the life of Van Gogh — five chapters

1. Everything He Tried First — Art dealer, teacher, bookseller, preacher
2. From Brown to Colour — The Potato Eaters, and then Paris
3. The Yellow House — Sunflowers, Gauguin, and nine weeks that ended badly
4. The Asylum — A barred window, and The Starry Night
5. The Woman Who Made Him Famous — Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and four hundred exhibitions

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