10 Interesting Fact About The life and work of Vincent van Gogh

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• Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in the Netherlands and died at the age of 37 due to suicide.
• He initially aspires to become a priest like his father, but finally decided to become an artist.
• Van Gogh sells only one of his paintings during his life, but his current works are valued very high.
• He lived with Paul Gauguin in Arles for nine weeks in 1888, but their relationship ended with Van Gogh cutting his left ear.
• Van Gogh produces more than 2,000 works of art during his life, including paintings, sketches, and images.
• One of his most famous works is the Starry Night painting which is described as a representative of his madness.
• Van Gogh suffers from many diseases during his life, including epilepsy, mental disorders, and eye disease.
• He often uses bright and strong colors in his work, which makes it famous for an art style called post-impressionism.
• Van Gogh wrote more than 800 letters during his life, many of them were addressed to his brother Theo.
• A number of leading art museums around the world exhibited their works, including the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam and Metropolitan Fine Arts Museum in New York City.