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When Van Gogh first began painting, he used peasants as models. He would later paint flowers, landscapes and himself, mostly because he was too poor to pay the models.

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Van Gogh attempted to attack his friend Paul Gauguin with an open razor.

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HIS FAT

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He checked into a mental hospital

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he worked in the mines

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he died at 37

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wrote 800+ letters

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He never found romantic love in his life

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His stillborn brother died 1 year before Van Gogh was born

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He painted 860 oil paintings and 1300 watercolor paintings

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his last words were "the

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He gave his ear to a prostitute named Rachel in a maison de tolerance.

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He gave his ear to a prostitute named Rachel in a maison de tolerance.

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Kiel Smith

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he offered his ear to a prostitute.

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Vincent van Gogh's relationships with four women:  his widowed cousin Kee Vos-Stricker, the prostitute Sien Hoornik, the  unstable neighbor Margot Begemann 9 they both unstable anyway, that's two crazy people and the Parisian café-owner  Agostina Segatori.

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his father was

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created starry night while in an asylum

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his brothers name was vincent
van gogh

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Almost killed his brother in a violent rage, believing his bro was having an affair with his mistress.

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he had epilepsy

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He unknowingly painted Venus in his Starry Night painting

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Gaston Rueda Tapie                He shot himself in a field before dying 2 days later.

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Gaston Rueda Tapie                He shot himself in a field before dying 2 days later.

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His last word can be roughly translated to "The sadness will last forever"

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In ten years, he made around 900 paintings

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He sold only one painting (The Red Vineyard) during his lifetime.

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Vincent van gogh was born on March 30, 1853

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put candles in his hat to paint in the dark and be able to see

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his left leg was gimpy because it was 3 inches shorter than his right

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vincent had a older brother who  died at birth.. also named vincent van gogh

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Zachary Guy-                                  He was an artist during the Post- Impressionism period.

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Zachary Guy-                                  He was an artist during the Post- Impressionism period.

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Van Gogh was a vegetarian

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He painted with the back of his broken paint brush

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He originally wanted to be a pastor

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he was close friends with paul gauguin another famous artist

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Van Gogh suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy

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he shot himself