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=**Vincent Van Gogh**=

**Backround:**
====Vincent van Gogh, for whom color was the chief symbol of expression, was born in Groot-Zundert, Holland. The son of a pastor, brought up in a religious and cultured atmosphere, Vincent was highly emotional and lacked self-confidence. Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, van Gogh had had two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman, and a preacher in the Borinage a mining district in Belgium, where he was dismissed for being overzealous.====

**Childhood:**
====On March 30, 1853 Anna Cornelia Carbentus gave birth to a boy in Groot-Zundert, Holland. Unbeknownst to her or the father, Reverend Theodorus van Gogh of the protestant church, this boy would be tormented by severemental instability for the majority of his life, die from his own hands, and ultimately change the outlook on art for the rest of history. His life was to become one of uncertainty and madness, involving largely his own need to find a niche and the undeniable love for art. This man was Vincent van Gogh.==== ====Vincent's family consisted of his three sisters Elisabeth, Anna, Wil, two brothers Theo and Cor, and his mother and father. His earliest years were spent as a quiet child with little or no attention spent on art or artistic qualities. Other specifics about Van Gogh's childhood are not known.====

**Career:**
====Late in 1880, Van Gogh decided to become an artist, devoting his attention to drawing and painting the poor Belgian miners and weavers. His first pictures were dominated by dark brown and olive colors and heavy brushstrokes.==== ====In 1886, Van Gogh went to Paris to live with his brother Théo, an art dealer, and was immediately attracted to the impressionist art he saw there. Influenced by the work of the Impressionists and by the work of Japanese printmakers, Van Gogh began to experiment.In the spring, Vincent carried his painting equipment out to the blossoming orchards, tying the legs of his easel to pegs driven into the ground so he could continue to work in the strong blowing mistral. He received money from his brother Théo, and in return sent Théo his paintings and long letters written in the evenings.====

**Achievements:**
==== Famous Works:The Starry Night Portrait of Dr. Gachet The Blooming Plum Tree Cypresses Wheat Fields with Crows Still-life Sunflowers, in vases Cafe at Night His Self-Portrait Famous Contributions: Expressionism Post Impressionism ====

Vincent van Gogh lived more than 115 years ago, and yet his artwork is still altering the way mankind views beauty, persona, individuality,
====and style in art. His thousands of paintings and drawings have various characteristics that have been copied by thousands and duplicated by none. Van Gogh's unique life has inspired millions to become active in art. In fact, what many people today consider to be the archetypical "artist persona" is largely a result of his influence. Perhaps the most impressive aspect is that artists continue to mimic the style that Van Gogh created over one hundred years ago.====