100 Great Artists

ISH

1869

187J_76

1876

1877 _79

1879 _90

1881 _8J

ISSJ_Sr

1886--89

1888

1889_90

1890

VINCENT VAN GOGH

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T he Ch.:.ir ~n.J the P il'" (1888- 89)

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p",da'" (co,"po"ion pi"') to Gauguin', a,,"maff:

Botb roaffy " ... '" rymbdic ponnljrr" tb. ft.." mm,

painu" in Q yar< p<riod _/calm, dxmlya[m-

Gauguin', arrr.'Il1 at til< ),U(l/I) HGIlJ< in Arl"

S

unA",.cr., Stlrry nights. «"Irt<>! car

.nd 'Ulc"lc a c"mpellmg 1111.<1urC n,

."}une looking Ii)r an cram!~e of t"'WC

g.::nius, And if\r,ncrnt nn G ogh's I"'-ss.ions and

difficultics "c not dcar enough I'm", his

""m'OSCS, we may .Iso rcad thc letterS he wmte

to his. n dcaler bmthcr, Theo.

Van G ogh's lirSt job ,,'OS as an .rt dcal,.,-'s

a.-i'tant in Tne I hguc. l ie taught himself n,

d,.,,· e.rti'T hut didn't p,int until his hte

tWLTltics. • f",r f.iling '~'cry attel1~" n, hecom.: •

I"'''tcher, th.nks to the crntic bch:n;our th.,

bligh",d ~II hi. relationships,

Fu.-two J'carS 'the Dutchm.n' li,,,d in P"is

with Th,,<,. ",ho ,,':IS hell,(u! in inrroducing him

to l1"ny artists. ir.::luding the hnp.-c<:.<ioni,tS.

Their c<l<nlli",:d innucncr trans~"m<>1 V.n

G ogh's I",~'iously su nil", p,let'" to S<)I1"'thing

','cry much .Ii,'e, ,'cry strong in colour ... '

P.inting at a fantastic "te. V.n Gogh

""hic,,,d his gn::'"'''' ",orks during thl: h« twO

J'car< of his lit<:. Fm", the bli<:.<ful SUl111nrt

"",rl1nh ofl>,,),,:n"" in 18S8. hc <k"b",d: 'I am

"'l< conscious ,,( mJ'Sclf any """c.,.the pictu",

C<)m.:S n) me as in a dn:a", .. .'

Rut • ,'i(~cnt outburst full"""ing G .uguin's

"ri,'al in Aries led n,. ycar's 'tly~" V.n G ogh

in Saint_Remy '-'J'luI1L La"'r. Th"o """ 'ed h ..

brothcr nonh .gain. n, Dr G .chct's C~re in

AUH:rS-sur_Oi,;<:, V"" G ogh di,,! thtTC in July

1890. fro", a self_inAictcd gun ",ound,

' Ii'gcthcr with I1U""" ,,( J"II,,,,' nowcrS • mund

his dcathb,,! in a tiny r""'" at the inn. Th,,,

I"';ngly ""'ng.::d no fcwer th.n ,;<:vcnty_';x

p'intings. V'n GOb""S cn:"i,'e energy h.d

p".lu,,-,1 thcm .11 within his final SL~'cnty <hrs.