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Vincent Van Gogh Vincent Willem Van Gogh is a Dutch artist from the 20th century, he was born March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands. He spent a long time in France, and was discovered as a painter there. Before he became a famous artist he was a school boy, teacher, bookseller, preacher, and a junior clerk at an art museum; at age 27 his whole life change.

He has a lot of famous paintings that are very interesting. My favorite is the Starry Night that he painted in 1889, which has very different colors and it fabulously represents day and night. Vincent van Gogh is one of the most well-known post-impressionist artists, for whom color was the chief symbol of expression. Vincent lacked self-confidence and struggled with his identity and with what direction to take his work. He believed that his true calling was to preach the gospel; however, it took years for him to discover his calling as an artist. Between 1860 and 1880, when he finally decided to become an artist, van Gogh had already experienced two unsuitable and unhappy romances and had worked unsuccessfully as a clerk in a bookstore, an art salesman, and a preacher in the Baronage (a dreary mining district in Belgium) where he was dismissed for overzealousness. The Dutch painter was widely believed to have shot himself at the age of 37, even confessing it on his deathbed. He was an amazing artist and was very proud of his work.