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Can i have 10 facts about vincent van gough please

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Vincent was born in Holland

Had a brother with the same identical name

He produced one of his most famous artworks while he was in the mental hospital. (Starry night)

Vincent was close friends with another famous artist

He taught himself how to paint and had very little training (self taught)

He became famous after his death

Only sold one painting in his life span. (The red vineyard)

He had several siblings

Vincent Van Gough's father was Reverend Theodorus Van Gough

His birth date was March 30, 1853 (Anna Cornelia Carbentus gave birth to him in Holland)





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Vincent Willem van Gogh, a Dutch post-Impressionist painter had influence the arts on 20th-century. Here are somefacts about him:

*His works are more known as portraits, self-portraits, landscapes, still lifes of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.

*As a child, he only drew, he later started painting when he reached the age of 20.

*His famous works were finished the last two years of his life.

*After 10 years, he had created 860 oil paintings as well as 1 300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints, totaling to 2 100 artworks.
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