The Life Of Van Gogh : A Perfect Life

A person’s childhood could eventually lead them to either a success or failure. Two men, later to become widely known across the globe because of their success, have had situations that helped developed them during their childhoods. Two such men would be Frederick Douglass and Vincent Van Gogh. Both excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass and Vincent Van Gogh: Portrait of an Artist by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan, the reader gets an insight into their childhoods. Frederick Douglass was born an American slave, and became an abolitionist. Vincent Van Gogh, lived a normal childhood in the Netherlands, and became a famous painter after death. The childhood of Frederick Douglass lead to his success while the childhood of Vincent Van Gogh did not lead to his success while he was still alive.

Vincent van Gogh is one of the world’s most well-known artists. He was the son of a pastor and was brought up in a religious atmosphere. He thought his true calling was to preach the gospel like his father. He became a preacher in a small coal mining town. This is when he starting becoming very interested in the people and things that surrounded him. He became an artist at the age of 27.

    There are some very interesting facts about Van Gogh, for example his full name is Vincent Willem Van Gogh. He was also born in Holland and he had a brother who shared the same name with him. Many people know him for his art but not many people know that he was actually meant to be a pastor but he found a greater connection to art, which he didn’t start doing until he was 27. When he finally started doing his art it wasn’t very popular, so he traveled while creating hoping other

Just as Van Gogh struggled as a boy in relationships with his family and friends he struggled finding his calling as an artist. Van Gogh had explored the realms of working at art dealership’s as well as becoming minister as his father was. After finding that he was not

The oldest of six children, Vincent was named after his parent’s first child that was stillborn. Vincent’s mother rejected him and this left a lasting despair within van Gogh. Due to financial difficulty, Vincent left school at an early age and began working at his Uncle’s art dealership. In 1873, he transferred to the Groupil Gallery in London where he enjoyed English culture and would frequent art galleries. This was also during a time Vincent first fell in love and upon rejection of his marriage proposal, he had a mental breakdown. It is understandable how rejection played a significant and damaging role in Vincent’s troubled life. Vincent then turned to religion, but his inability to conform and his willingness to suffer for his cause became disconcerting to others and he was compelled to find another

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch painter born on March 30, 1853 in Groot-zundert, Netherlands. Van Gogh was a post-impressionist painter whose work was a high influence in 20th century art. He was the son of his father Theodorus van Gogh, an austere country minister, and his mother Anna Cornelia Carbentus, whose artistic passion was inherited to van Gogh. His parents had a stillborn whose name was also Vincent van Gogh. He had a brother named Theo van Gogh who accompanied him in adulthood. His works consisted of local landscapes. It is believed that had a mental illness that would later take his life in an attempted suicide.

Vincent Van Gogh is a very interesting artist that produced several works of art in just the ten short years that he painted. I had a chance to study Van Gogh in Art Appreciation. We watched a YouTube video in the fall 2015 semester of Art Appreciation on the Rogers State

Van Gogh is commonly thought of as the typical eccentric, outsider or society but, interestingly enough, is not traditionally considered an outsider artist. The characterization of Van Gogh as an outsider artist is heavily contested, “The Van Gogh Museum can’t stand the notion of Vincent van Gogh as an outsider artist,” (Jones). He did communicate with other artists at the time, and was part of the art community by proxy of his brother, Theo. However, his works at this time were dark in tone, whereas the desire in the French art world was color. Theo often told the artist that his paintings were not selling because of his dark color scheme but Van Gogh continued to paint as he wished, never achieving widespread success during his lifetime. Van Gogh was raised in an upper middle class home but was an outsider to the traditional well-to-do lifestyle he was born into. Never truly able to support himself and never having settled down to

In the article “What it Means to Be Creative” S.I. Hayakawa presents many different criteria it takes to be creative. Vincent Van Gogh, a famous painter, displays several of Hayakawa’s characteristics of a creative person. Van Gogh produced numerous influential paintings that required a great amount of creativity. Van Gogh suffered from psychotic problems, but this did not impact his work ethic or creativity. These issues may have helped produce ideas for his masterpieces. I believe Van Gogh can be considered a creative person because he had a distinct view of the world, he was uniquely in touch with his emotions, and he had to cope with loneliness throughout his life.

He was emotional, lacked self-confidence and often struggled when it came to his direction and identity. At first he believed he was suppose to be a preacher and took years until he discover he wanted to be an artist. Between 1860-1880 Van Gogh experienced two unhappy and unsuitable romances and worked unsuccessfully at various places. He studied art in Belgium. In 1886 he went to Paris and met Pissarro, Monet, and Gauguin. After this, Van Gogh tried to imitate their techniques. Because he was unable to imitate their style, he developed his own. The second person is Eadweard Muybridge. He developed a love for photography after his move to California in 1855. He was famous for studying motion in photography, being able to freeze time. Not fully starting his career, he experience life changing events. Throughout his journey, he discovered he could really make a name for himself this

The son of Theodorus Van Gogh a protestant pastor, and Ana Cornelia Carbentus, Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born into this world on March 30,1853. Vincent was the first of five children and was born in Groot Zundert, a modest town in Dutch Brabant. Exactly one year prior to his birth Ana his mother had given birth to a stillborn child tragically named Vincent also. According to the book Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert, southern Netherlands he was the son of a pastor. In 1869 Van Gogh started working at an art dealing firm whilst at the same time writing to his brother Theo. In 1880, at the young age of 27 it was his desire to become an artist. He travelled a lot teaching himself to paint and draw every moment elevating his artistic skills. Throughout his life he had a series of mental health problems eventually leading to his suicide. On 27 of July 1890, suffering from depression, Van Gogh shot himself only to die 2 days later. Vincent transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic

Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Reverend Theodorus van Gogh had vincent on march 30th in 1853. His father was a preacher and had 5 other children, three girls and two boys.By a young age he developed an illness “frequent episodes of depression, paralyzing anxiety and, according to some accounts, the symptoms of bipolar disorder — which would eventually claim his life in 1890, shortly after his 37th birthday” (Amazon Services, LLC, 2018) by age 16 he graduated sketch array of education. Van gogh's brother was an artist as well

In 1880-1884, Van Gogh decided to pursue art. He started by applying for study at the Ecole des Beaux-Art in Brussels at age 27. Sadly, he was reject from the art school but continued drawings lessons on his own. Without any proper training, or even having open artistic talent, Gogh doubted his abilities, and was supported in this doubt by his parents. However, Theo continued to push Vincent forward and supported him financially. As a 27 year, old Van Gogh moved back in with his parents while studying. After completing nine months of further education in Brussels, he begins learning the skills needed to become an artist. At home Vincent set to work on teaching himself how to draw. He tested various different techniques and styles along with

Vincent Van Gogh had a rather depressing life. After being born into an upper-middle class family he quickly became depressed in life. He tried different things like working as an art dealer, becoming a Protestant missionary, and so on. None of these stuck for him as his mental health continued to decline. He was already a quiet, keep to himself kind of person, but over time he became more isolated. He got help from his younger brother Theo in the form of money and moved back home with his parents. This is when he began painting and eventually moved to Paris. Once moving there his paintings became more colorful and his painting style began to develop. He also began suffering from delusions and psychotic episodes and began neglecting his health by eating less and drinking alcohol more frequently and in