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Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist.[1] His paintings and drawings include some of the world's best known, most popular and most expensive pieces.

Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. ( Edited by Nelson)

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Most awesome curated museum show I ever experienced was a Van Gogh exhibition at the Met - Van Go In Arles. They had his last works: Letters to Theo, Sketches and Painting all arranged Chronologically - with translations of the correspondence and key phrases called out in larger graphics.

As you walked through the exhibit the correspondence and art progressed until the the conclusion... portarit with bandaged ear... and then into a more secluded space painted deep indigo with only starry night and Van Gogh's date of birth and date of death. It was so moving... people wept.

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