Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch post-Impressionist painter born in 1853 in the Netherlands. He painted almost 900 paintings between 1881-1890 before dying by suicide at the age of 37. Some of his most famous paintings include The Starry Night, which depicts the night sky over a small town, and The Potato Eaters, which shows five people eating potatoes by the light of an oil lamp. Van Gogh is now considered one of the most famous painters in the world and his paintings have captured the hearts of millions of art lovers.

1. V i n c e n t V a n G o g h

2. Birth Year : 30 th March 1853 Death Year : 1890 29 th July (aged 37) Country : Netherlands Nationality : Dutch Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, a village close to Breda. in the Province of North Brabant in the southern Netherlands. Van Gogh was the son of Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodorus van Gogh, who was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church. He was given the same name as his grandfather—and a first brother stillborn exactly one year before. V i n c e n t V a n G o g h

3. F a m o u s P a i n t i n g s Between November of 1881 and July of 1890, Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death, he has become one of the most famous painters in the world. Van Gogh’s paintings have captured the minds and hearts of millions of art lovers and have made art lovers of those new to world of art. Here are some of the name he painted. The Starry Night, The Potato Eaters By Anisa Hussain 8E Art