Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert, a village in the southern province of North Brabant. He was the eldest son of the Reverend Theodorus van Gogh (1822 - 1885) and Anna Cornelia Carbentus (1819 - 1907), whose other children were Vincent's sisters Elisabeth, Anna, and Wil, and his brother Theo ...

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), perhaps the most famous artist in the world, is perceived by many as the 'mad' artist, the man who painted in a frenzy or simply the tormented soul who cuts off his ear. His artistic genius is often overshadowed by those who see his paintings as mere visual manifestations of his troubled mind.

On 30 March, Vincent Willem van Gogh was born in Zundert, the eldest son of the Protestant clergyman Theodorus van Gogh (1822 - 1885) and Anna Cornelia Carbentus (1819-1907). 1857 Birth of his brother Theo on 1 May.

Masterpieces by Van Gogh. Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh; Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh; Starry Night over the Rhone by Vincent van Gogh; Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh; Irises by Vincent van Gogh; Almond Blossom by Vincent van Gogh; At Eternity's Gate by Vincent van Gogh; Wheatfield with Crows by Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, a small town just north of Paris, after he left an asylum at Saint-Remy in May 1890. Tree Roots is considered by many scholars to be Van Gogh's last painting before his death late July 1890.

Letter 07/02/1890 - by Vincent van Gogh My dear Theo and dear Jo. I've just received the letter in which you say that the child is ill; I'd very much like to come and see you, and what holds me back is the thought that I'd be even more powerless than you are in the given state of distress.

Olive Grove, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh The olive groves around Saint-Rémy were a rewarding subject for Van Gogh. He was fascinated by the ever-changing colour of the olive trees and tried to find a good way of painting their irregular growth.

At Eternity's Gate is an oil painting by Vincent van Gogh that he made in 1890 in Saint-Remy de Provence based on an early lithograph. The painting was completed in early May at a time when he was convalescing from a severe relapse in his health and some two months before his death, generally accepted as a suicide.

Landscape with Olive Trees, 1889 by Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh's passionateness fills the entire landscape - ground, trees, mountains, clouds - with a tumultuous heaving motion. It is more powerful and imaginative than anything in later Expressionist art, which proceeded from a similar, emotionally charged vision of nature.

The Ravine, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh In June 1889, shortly after his arrival at an asylum in the southern French town of Saint-Rémy, van Gogh painted a riotous study of a flowering hillside. He sent a pen-and-ink copy of the painting to his brother in early July.