Van Gogh

Introduction

Van Gogh is well known for his famous paintings ‘starry night’ and ‘the potato eaters’, he is also known for cutting off part of his left ear lobe.

Early Life

Vincent's father was Theodorus, mother Anna.

His two brothers Core and Theo, three sisters Will, Lice and Anna. He grew up on a small- holding. and surprisingly he only had a piece meal education.

Jobs

Theodorus and Anna paid for Vincent to become a reverend but he didn’t attend all of the lessons. Having not attended all lessons he became a trainee missionary and went to help a mining village in Belgium.

Next

He went to:

The hague art gallery 1872

London 1872

Paris 1873

England T.A

Netherlands reverend

Belgium missionary

Then he became the amazing artist he was.

10 paintings

10. Wheat Field with Cypresses 9. The Bedroom 8.  Potato Eaters7.   Mulberry Tree, 6. Starry Night Over the Rhone 5. Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night, 4. Irises, 3. Blossoming Almond Tree, 2. Sunflowers 1. Starry Night,

Facts

He cut off part of his left ear lobe to give to a girl.

He only had a piece meal education.

I hope you learnt something from this and you will want to find out

more.

By Dan