Biography:Considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt.
Van Gogh was a largely self-taught artist who remained poor and unknown throughout his life. Today, his paintings are some of the most expensive in the world. Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold for $82.5 million and "Irises" for $53.9 million.
He is known as much for his unstable psychological health, including famously cutting off his own ear, as he is for his huge body of post-Impressionist paintings (e.g. "Sunflowers" and "The Starry Night"), drawings, and sketches.
Born:March 30, 1853 Birthplace:Groot-Zundert, Netherlands Star Sign:Aries
1888-12-23 Vincent van Gogh cuts off his left ear with a razor, after argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and sends to a female courtesan for safe keeping
1890-07-27 Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh shoots himself in Auvers-sur-Oise, dies of injuries 2 days later
1901-03-17 At a show in Paris, 71 Vincent van Gogh's paintings cause a sensation, 11 years after his death
1929-11-07 Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) opens in the Hecksher Building in New York - its first exhibition features Cezanne, Gauguin, Seurat and van Gogh
1987-03-30 Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for a record 22.5 million pounds ($39.7 million)
1987-11-11 Van Gogh's "Irises" sells for record $53.6 million at auction
1990-05-15 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sells for $82.5 million
1998-11-19 Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sells at auction for $71.5 million
2023-09-11 Stolen Vincent van Gogh painting “The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring,” (1884) is returned in an Ikea bag to an art detective
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