Historical figure · Pearson Edexcel International GCSE revision on Incandio
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.
Why Van Gogh is on Incandio
Incandio is a free revision platform for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE. Its historical figures are the people a student learns from, questions and — where a specification topic is theirs — defends an idea against. Vincent van Gogh can be questioned here in a dramatised, historically grounded portrayal, and the five-chapter life below is written to be read alongside the course.
Explore the life of Van Gogh — five chapters
- Everything He Tried First — Art dealer, teacher, bookseller, preacher
- From Brown to Colour — The Potato Eaters, and then Paris
- The Yellow House — Sunflowers, Gauguin, and nine weeks that ended badly
- The Asylum — A barred window, and The Starry Night
- The Woman Who Made Him Famous — Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and four hundred exhibitions
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