Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

PAINTER

Dutch artist whose work became known for its emotional intensity and bold use of color years after his death. He is also known for his landscapes and his Olive Trees series that featured depictions of cypresses in different settings.

  • When was
    Vincent van Gogh born?

    Vincent van Gogh was born on Wednesday, March 30, 1853

  • Where was
    Vincent van Gogh born?

    Vincent van Gogh was born in Zundert, Netherlands

  • How old is
    Vincent van Gogh?

    Vincent van Gogh is 171

Best Quotes

  • It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to.... The feeling for the things themselves, for realit...
  • I can't work without a model. I won't say I turn my back on nature ruthlessly in order to turn a study into a picture, arranging the colors, e...
  • How to achieve such anomalies, such alterations and re-fashionings of reality so what comes out of it are lies, if you like, but lies that are more than literal truth.
  • If you hear a voice within you saying, You are not a painter, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
  • What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?
  • Since visiting the abbatoirs of S. France I have stopped eating meat.
  • You will say that everyone has seen landscapes and figures from childhood on. The question is: Has everybody also been reflexive as a child? Has everybody who has seen them also loved heath, fields, meadows, woods, and the snow and the rain and the s
  • What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything
  • There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke.
  • The best way to know God is to love many things.

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