By: Julia Aidan
Submitted: 2010-09-04 08:56:12 | Word Count: 561
The world of art fascinates each one of us in one of the other way. There are extremely well noted celebrities who have acquired the name and also fame in the world of art.
One such very well known art is painting. Painting is such a remarkable art that is considered to be one of the perfect means to show our ideas, emotions, etc...
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When it comes to paintings we can never for the great painter "Vincent van Gogh". This well known painter got his popularity established in the world of art but it was too late by then. When Vincent was alive his paintings were not even looked upon. Folks never ever appreciated his art during his life time. But it was after his death people got to know about his paintings. After his demise individuals started understanding the excellence of his art. It after his death that the people could understand what he wanted to say through his paintings. His ideas, thoughts, questions, responses all depicted so attractively in his paintings that in case a individual would like to say something but is falling short of words he could just get a painting to express it firmly with appropriate understanding.
Vincent was born in a Teodorus family residing in a very small village of Groot-Zundert on 30-March-1853 . His wife's name was Anna who was formerly from Karbentus. Van Gogh had a loss of mental health. All this happened because of the birth of a lifeless child. Due to this incident, Van Gogh was deeply touched which affected severely on his mental health.
Vincent's childhood was a quite joyful going type since he was born and brought up in a family who was sophisicated-minded. He enjoyed with 5 siblings. Vincent was the eldest amidst them. Out of 5 siblings, four committed suicide. Vincent loved to paint pictures. This art captivated him and thus he considered to make this art his work when was at 16 years of his age. Before this, he sold paintings painted by other painters.
He started working in a European firm known as Goupil who was a extremely well-known French art supplier. He had fallen in love with Eugenie Loyer. However she rejected him since she was already engaged. This fact left him in great shock and further affected his mental health. This resulted in the first act of melancholy which later turned in to a sadness. He started performing badly in his work which resulted in low competence. Then he went to Amsterdam for mastering theology but was not able to pass the exam. Then he joined a missionary school which was located in Brussels. Finishing his education he moved to Borinage, Belgium. There he stayed in barracks and slept on straw like the other poor miners of that region. There Vincent began to paint and numerous workers inspired him to do so. Vincent was inspired by the style of Jean-Francois Millet. His one of the ideal works is "potato-eater" which reflects a theme of god-fearing, hard working individuals.
Through many ups and downs in life this man had a real tragic history. However then his art of painting made him lively with full of colors and also life by his gorgeous and also message conveying paintings.
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Know more about Vincent van Gogh and get to know more facts about Vincent Malerier at aspektkunst.no
