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= = //**Vincent van gogh**//

Vincent van Gogh: Early Years
====On March 30, 1853 Anna Carbentus gave birth to a boy in Zundert, Holland. This boy was the son of Theodorus Van Gogh who was a reverend at the protestant church. ==== ====This boy had a severe mental instability for most of his life, he ended up dying from his ownb hands and he changed the outlook of art forever, this man is Vincent Van Gogh. ==== ====In 1870, after barely scapeing through his schooling career he was emplyed by the Hague Gallery. Later in 1873 he was trasferred to London and then again to Paris by 1875. ====

Vincent van Gogh: Later Years
====In 1881, at the age of 27, Vincent moved back in with his parents after completing nine months of further education in Brussels. ====

At home Vincent set to work on teaching himself how to draw.
====He tested various different techniques and styles along with experimenting with different subject matters. ====


====Vincent soon became passionate about becoming an acclaimed drawer of figures, and continued to practice his newly developed skills. ==== ====Vincent also began a relationship with Sien Hoomik, a pregnant prostitute whom had had one child out of wedlock already. ==== ====Vincent soon became irritable and made the choice to break off his relationship with Hoomik and move once again to follow artists like Van Rappard and Mauve to Drenthe. ==== ====Vincent soon found a lack of inspiration and models and moved back in with his parents to continue practice. ==== ====<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By the age of 29, Vincent had moved from his parents' house and worked in a make-shift studio located in a room he rented from a Catholic church. ====

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Van Gogh's Mental and Physical Health:
====<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hundreds of physicians and psychiatrists have tried to define Van Gogh's medical conditions over the years. The following are some of the more probable mental and physical diagnoses. ====

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=<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> = =<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Important Figures =

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Theodorus (Theo) van Gogh (1857-1891)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vincent's younger brother who worked as an art dealer and was Vincent's closest friend. Over three fourths of the more than 800 letters Vincent wrote during his life were to Theo including his first and his last letters.

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Johanna Gesina van Gogh (Bonger)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: right;">Theo's wife. Johanna was the first to publish the letters Vincent wrote to Theo after his death.

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Anna Cornelia van Gogh (Carbentus) (1819-1907)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vincent's Mother <span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Theodorus van Gogh - (1822-1885)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: right;">Vincent's Father

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Cornelia Adriana Vos-Stricker (Kee)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vincent's widowed cousin who he fell in love with in the summer of 1881 in Etten. Still grieving the loss of her husband Cornelia rejected Vincent and returned to Amsterdam.

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dr. Félix Rey (1867-1932)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Doctor who treated Van Gogh in Arles after he cut off part of his left ear lobe.

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dr. Paul Gachet (1828 - 1909)
<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Doctor and friend who treated Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise.

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">
====<span style="background-color: #14f0e1; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Vincent was a dutch post-impressionast. he wash't really appreciated during his lifetime, his reputation increased in the years after he died. Today he is regarded as one of history's greatest artists and an important contributor to the foundations of modern art. He suffered from anxiety and was unsettled for most of his life. ====

<span style="background-color: #00e8ff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Starry Night
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By Matt Davis