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. "Rows of Houses on the Street" 9. "Woman Holding Carnations" 10. "The Suspension Bridge Passing the Carriage" 11. "The Sower in the Sunset" 12. "The Old Man Holding His Head" " 13. "Sorrow"

Groote Zendet, born on March 30, 1853 in Brabant, southern Netherlands, was the Dutch Protestant pastor Theodorus Van Gogh (1822- 1885) and Anna Cornelia Carpenter (1819-1907).

On February 17, 1855, Vincent’s sister Anna Corinne Van Gogh was born.

On January 5, 1857, Van Gogh’s lifelong confidant and his younger brother Theo was born.

On March 16, 1859, sister Elizabeth Van Gogh was born.

On March 16, 1862, sister Wilhelmina Van Gogh was born.

The earliest drawings were made in 1866 at the Zevenbergen boarding school.

In 1866, from boarding in Zevenbergen, a village in Zandert, Van Gogh entered the grammar school in Tillburg. On May 17, 1867, his younger brother Cornelius Van Gogh was born.

Left Tilburg Grammar School in March 1868.

In March 1869, he worked as a clerk in the Hague branch of Gupil Art Company, and later worked in the Brussels branch. In 1871 the family moved to Herwalt.

Began correspondence with Theo in 1872, while the latter was at school.

In May 1873, Vincent moved to the London branch and fell in love with the landlord's daughter Ursula Loyer. In June, Theo entered the Brussels branch of Goupil Company to work.

In 1874, his proposal to Ursula failed and he returned to the Netherlands; from October to December, he worked at Goupil Head Office in Paris, and then returned to London.

In May 1875, he was transferred to Goupil Company in Paris and was keen on mysticism and religion. In October, his parents moved to Eton.

Dismissed from Goupil & Co. in March 1876; obtained engravings based on Miller's "Vespers". In April, he worked as a teacher in Ramsgate, England, and later as an assistant pastor in Isleworth. Return to Eden in December.

From January to April 1877, he worked in the Dordrecht Bookstore. In May, he went to Amsterdam and lived with his uncle Jan, studying hard to apply for the seminary.

In July 1878, he gave up his studies in Amsterdam and stayed in Eton for a short time. In August, he entered a three-month evangelical school in Brussels, but failed to obtain the appointment as a priest. . Went to the Borinage mining area near Mons for informal missionary work.

In 1879, he was fired from the church for being too enthusiastic about his work. This tragic experience left a mark on him; he later began a wandering life; he read Dickens, Stowe, Hugo, Shakespeare and Michelet. His works; admired the art of Charles de Gru, Rembrandt, Lusdale, the Barbizon School and the Hague School; lost confidence in life due to the disappointment of poverty; began to draw sketches.

1880, a period of growing alienation from family. A spring trip to Quam, staying in a miner's house, starting the journey; copying Miller's works. In October, he went to Brussels to study perspective and anatomy. Communicated with the Dutch painter Van Lapad in Brussels; Theo provided financial support.

In 1881, during the Eton period (April 12, 1881 - December 30, 1881), in April, he left Brussels and went to live with his parents in Eton; he confessed to his new widowhood Sister Kay Voss failed to propose. In December, he had a disagreement with his family and left home for The Hague.

In 1882, during the Hague period (December 31, 1881-September 12, 1883), he studied painting with his cousin-in-law Anton Mov; he began to have a relationship with the pregnant and abandoned Krasi Anna ("Sean") Maria Holnick moved in together, and broke up with Moff. In August, the Van Gogh family moved to Nuenen near Eindhoven; he collected British newspaper illustrations and painted many sketches and watercolors.

In 1888, during the Arles period (February 21, 1888 - May 3, 1889), he went to Arles in Provence in February, lived in the Algaza Café, and moved to Place Lamartine in May. The "Yellow House"; Gauguin came to live with him on October 20; on December 23, he cut off an ear due to mental disorder; Gauguin returned to Paris. Thanks to Theo's help, three of Van Gogh's paintings and several drawings were exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants.

In 1889, during the Saint-Remi period (May 3, 1889-May 16, 1890), on April 17, Theo married Joanna Bunge (1862-1925) ; In May, Van Gogh voluntarily entered the mental hospital of Saint-Remy; Signac visited; painted many paintings, mainly landscapes; began to paint a series of cypress trees. Gauguin held an exhibition of Impressionist and Synthetic paintings in Marseille. Van Gogh met Munch in Paris.

In 1890, during the Ofer period (May 21, 1890 - July 29, 1890), he copied the works of Delacroix, Millet, Rembrandt and Gustave Doré. Works; on January 31, Theo gave birth to his son; Albert Aurier published an article commenting on Vincent's paintings; at the "Twenty People Exhibition" in Brussels, Van Gogh's "The Red Vineyard" " was sold, which was the only work he could sell while he was alive. He was discharged from the hospital in May, passed through Paris, took a short rest, settled in Over, and accepted the supervision of Paul Gachet; in June he created "Doctor Gachet"; In July, he went to Paris to visit Theo's family and met with Lautrec and Albert Aurier; after returning to Ofer, he created "Wheatfield with Crows" and "Auvers Town Hall", these works are more unrestrained and unrestrained. On July 27, the old illness relapsed and he shot himself. At about 1 o'clock in the morning on the 29th, he stopped breathing under the protection of doctors Theo and Gachet.

In my opinion, his early works will not shock people much. I even think that his works are just exercises, but he has a kind of passion and hard work that allows him to work in The field of art shines, because as long as you stick to what you think is right, even if it seems wrong to others, you will eventually achieve something. Van Gogh's later works seem very shocking, but unfortunately at the time, people did not recognize him. Van Gogh, a representative of the Post-Impressionist School, was one of the most outstanding artists of the 19th century. He loves life, but he encounters many setbacks and hardships in life. He devoted himself to art and boldly innovated. On the basis of extensive study of predecessors such as Rembrandt, he absorbed the experience of Impressionist painters in color, and was influenced by Eastern art, especially Japanese prints, to form his own unique artistic style. He created many works full of passion for life and full of humanitarian spirit, which express the anguish, sadness, sympathy and hope in his heart. They are still famous all over the world.

"The Sower" is probably the most proud painting of his life. Before and after the creation of this painting, he wrote a lot of creative experiences, describing the creative motivation and symbolic meaning of creating this painting. This is also his most important painting. A fascinating painting often has two connected sketches behind it. One of them is called "I am creating a picture of a sower. The land is completely made of violets, and the sky and sun are very yellow. This is a difficult subject to deal with." Yes, it is such a subject that appeared in Van Gogh's paintings. The three-dimensional color of life is revealed, the sower is regarded as the God who spreads gold, and the gold of the sun is painted in a fascinating way. Although the violet soil is ordinary, it presents a kind of magnificence in the poetic pen and ink.