Vincent van Gogh (1853â1890) had an eccentric personality and unstable moods, suffered from recurrent psychotic episodes during the last 2 years of his extraordinary life, and committed suicide at the age of 37. Despite limited evidence, well over 150 physicians have ventured a perplexing variety of diagnoses of his illness. Henri Gastaut, in a study of the artistâs life and medical
And few of them are as recognizable as Starry Night. He painted it in 1889, during his stay in the Saint-Paul de Mausole asylum. This handy, Starry Night Painting fact sheet serves as a great overview of the facts of this painting. Vincent van Gogh facts. Vincent van Gogh only became famous after his death.
Here are 10 facts about this intriguing artist. 1. Van Gogh tried many other careers before declaring himself an artist. Van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853, in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Before painting, he tried his hand at many other careers including as an art dealer, school teacher and preacher.
Starry Night over the Rhone, from the collection of the MusĂ©e dâOrsay in Paris, is to be lent for an exhibition in Arlesâthe city where it was painted in September 1888.The picture will be Poppy Field, 1890 by Vincent Van Gogh. The area surrounding Auvers afforded Van Gogh plenty of scenery for inspiration, and during his last months the artist painted numerous scenes of wheat fields and wide-open, windy countryside. The sky here has on oppressive weight, and seems to bear down on the vast expanse of land, while both the sky and You can find Van Goghâs famous sunflower paintings at locations around the world: The Met in New York, The Kröller-MĂŒller Museum in Otterlo, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Fine Arts in Bern, the National Gallery in London, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Sompo Japan Museum of Art in Tokyo, and the Neue Pinakothek in Munich. UBV4.