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Article: Van Gogh's bedroom.(All Levels: Looking and Learning)
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- September 1, 2005
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About the Artist
Vincent van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853, the son of a preacher of the Dutch Reformed Church. Both Vincent and his brother, Theo, worked for an art dealer with their uncle, first in London and then in Paris. In 1881, after failing in the art business and as a minister in Belgium's coal-mining district, Vincent fully dedicated his efforts to painting.
Vincent first taught himself to draw from instruction manuals and by copying engravings. He studied in the Netherlands for short periods of time with his cousin, the artist Anton Mauve (1838-1888), and in a studio in The Hague. Theo continued to work at the Paris art gallery and ...