Willem Van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh was born to Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus on March 30, 1853. Vincent was given the name of his elder brother, who had died at birth a year before Van Gogh was born. He grew up in Zundert, Netherlands Before his life as an artist began, He drew as a child but did not paint until his late twenties. Vincent studied theology on his own, but got denied to the schools that he applied to. He worked as a missionary in a coal mining community before pursuing art in 1880 at the age of 27. Van Gogh attend the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Belgium. A few years later Vincent moved to Paris where he starting painting in the style that would later make people consider him one of the greatest artists

A few months after being released from the hospital, some sources say that He traveled to the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence asylum where he admitted himself and other sources say that the towns people of Arles had him

He also had periodic “attacks” most commonly thought to have been from epilepsy, leaving him unable to paint. In May of 1890 Vincent left Saint Remy. Theo, Vincent’s younger brother and one of his only friends, recommended that he went went to stay at a inn in Auvers-sur-Oise to be seen by Dr. Gachet and to be closer to Theo. From May to somewhere in the middle of July, Van Gogh was said to be in high spirits. He even went to visit his brother and his family in Paris. He did not having any breakdowns and painted over 70 paintings, But his happiness did not last. On July 27th 1890, Vincent committed suicide by shooting himself in the abdomen, He died two days later on July 29th 1890, in the arms of his brother Theo. His last words to his brother were "La tristesse durera toujours" which translates into “"The sadness will last forever.” Vincent’s brother Theo suffered from syphilis and his health declined rapidly after the death of his brother. He died 6 months later on January 25th 1891. Vincent and Theodore Van Gogh are buried together in Auvers-sur-Oise,