Vincent van Gogh was
born on March, 30th 1853 in a village in the southern Netherlands. He spent his
young adult life working for art dealers. In 1880 Vincent decided to become a
painter. In the beginning, van Gogh limited his color pallet to dark
colors. When he visited Paris his style changed, incorporating brighter colors
and developing a style that was unique. Van Gogh worked hard, and
produced more than 2,000 paintings, drawings and sketches in the last
ten years of his life. His best-known works were created in the last two years,
a time in which he suffered from mental illness which eventually led
to his suicide. Vincent van Gogh died on July 29, 1890.
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