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Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Post-Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work—notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color—had a far-reaching influence on 20th-century art.

Vincent Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best-known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches, and prints

In 1886, Vincent van Gogh attended art classes at the Antwerp Academy, but remained for only part of the year. After moving in with his brother, Theo, in Paris, Vincent studied with the artist Cormon and came into contact with fellow students Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, John Russell and Emile Bernard.

Theo, an art dealer, introduced his brother to the works of prominent Impressionist painters such as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Georges Seurat, all of which had strong influences on the artist’s future paintings. Vincent met and befriended the artist Paul Gauguin during this same period, and Gauguin’s brilliantly hued paintings also exerted an influence of the Dutchman’s art.

His work included self portraits, landscapes, still-life, portraits as well as paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.