Vincent van Gogh

People often get fascinated by the world of arts. There are very well renowned personalities who have gained the name and also fame in the world of art. One such very well known art is painting. Painting is such a compelling art which is believed to be one of the ideal methods to show our ideas, feelings, etc... When it comes to paintings we can never for the great painter "Vincent van Gogh". This well known painter got his popularity recognized in the world of art but it was pretty late by then. When Vincent was alive his paintings were not even looked upon. Folks never treasured his art during his lifetime. But, once he left this world, people started realizing the worth of his amazing paintings. After his death folks started recognizing the quality of his art. It after his death that the people could understand what he wanted to say through his paintings. His sensations, views, questions, responses all reflected so superbly in his paintings that if perhaps a person wants to say something but is falling short of words he could just get a painting to express it strongly with perfect knowledge. On 30th March 1853, Vincent was born to a Teodorus family and resided in a village called Groot-Zundert . His wife's name was Anna who was originally from Karbentus. Van Gogh had a loss of mental health. All this happened simply because of the birth of a dead child. This incident made great negative impact on Van Gogh's mind which resulted into the loss of his mental health. Vincent's early days was a very joyful going kind since he was born and brought up in a family who was progressive-minded. He had 5 siblings. Vincent was the eldest amongst them. Out of 5 siblings, four committed suicide. Vincent was very fond of paintings. This art attracted him and thus he considered to make this art his work when was at sixteen years of his age. Initially he used to sell the paintings of other painters. He started doing work in a European company named Goupil who was a very well known French art supplier. He had fallen in love with Eugenie Loyer. However she refused him since she was actually engaged. This had a very bad impact on him and he was in a state of shock. This resulted in the first act of melancholy that later turned in to a despair. This affected adversely on his work due to which was dismissed as he was found no more competent. Then he went to Amsterdam for understanding theology but couldn't pass the exam. Then he joined a missionary school which was located in Brussels. Completting his studies he went to Borinage, Belgium. He led a poor life, just like other miners there, by staying in barracks and sleeping on dry straws. There Vincent started to paint and many workers motivated him to do so. Vincent was inspired by the style of Jean-Francois Millet. His one of the finest works is "potato-eater" that reveals a theme of god-fearing, hard working folks. Through many ups and downs in life this man had a real tragic history. However then his art of painting made him alive with full of colors and also life by his stunning and also message conveying paintings.

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