What school of painting did Van Gogh belong to?

Van Gogh was an Impressionist.

Vincent Willem van Gogh (March 30, 1853 - July 29, 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter. Representative works include "Starry Night", self-portrait series, sunflower series, etc.

Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in a family of a Protestant pastor in the Dutch countryside of Zundert. In his early years, he worked as a clerk and business agent, and as a missionary in the mining area. Finally, he devoted himself to painting.

Creative Features

Van Gogh’s works are full of natural compassion and awareness of suffering. For example, in the early days of Van Gogh's artistic career, the most common themes in his paintings were the miserable scenes in mining areas and working miners. During the Eton period, the rolling sunset, farmers and peasant women in the sun appeared more in his works.

By the time of Dorent and The Hague, Van Gogh began to frequently appear in his works weeping women, two-year-old trees, elderly orphans in urban relief homes, old horses driving horses, and working farmers. etc.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Vincent Van Gogh