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    Vincent’s greatest supporter, confidant and friend. Vincent van Gogh would create some of his greatest masterpieces in Arles during the last few years of his life. While in Arles, van Gogh moved into the yellow house which served as a great inspiration for him. Van Gogh’s loneliness had him longing for companionship and he invited fellow artist Gauguin to visit him in Arles in which he finally consented in October of 1888. The two companions enjoyed the French countryside, but tensions soon mounted

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    surrounded him. Vincent decided to show his work, he had many positive reviews, though he was still not able to sell any paintings. One of Vincents dreams as a painter was to assemble a group for artists in Arles in south France. Van Gogh moved to Arles, where he was linked with Gauguin. While he was there, Vincent entered the most creative and productive time as an artist, painting his well-known Sunflowers. But, it was also a time of chaos for Van Gogh. It began a period of

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    suffering physical illness, his psychological health was failing; around this time he had discovered that he had sipped turpentine and had eaten paint. Theo was very concerned about van Gogh and had offered Paul Gauguin money to supervise van Gogh in Arles, within a month van Gogh and Gauguin were frequently arguing which lead to Gauguin to walk out one night. Van Gogh had followed him and when Gauguin had turned around he saw van Gogh with a razor in his hand, hours later van Gogh went to the local

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    On March 30th, 1853, “Fou-Roux” was born. The nickname “Fou-Roux” was given to Vincent van Gogh because he donned fiery red locks coupled with a series of mental illnesses and sexually transmitted diseases that earned him the nickname “Fou-Roux,” or Crazy Red. The Dutch born artist was born with his mother’s traditional peasant features and his father’s desire to enter the church. Van gogh longed to be apart of the church, but held back because he felt lowly and ugly and didn’t believe that a man

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    Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter, whose work represents the archetype of expressionism, the idea of emotional spontaneity in painting. Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor. Van Gogh's birth came one year to the day after his mother gave birth to a first, stillborn child; also named Vincent. There has been much speculation about Vincent van Gogh suffering later psychological trauma as a result of being a "replacement child"

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    Vicente Minnelli captured the life of quintessential tortured artist Vincent van Gogh (Kirk Douglas) in his 1956 biographical drama Lust for Life. Based on the 1934 Irving Stone novel, Lust for Life was released by American company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. With a budget of $3,277,000, Minnelli developed a film with strong actors playing the roles of Paul Gauguin (Anthony Quinn), Theo (James Donald), Christie (Pamela Brown), and Roulin (Niall MacGinnis). The film was shot throughout 1955 in Belgium

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    Remy, near Arles. One of the important paintings he did during his medication was the "Starry Night" in 1889 that showed a dark background with signs of the setting sun (Gogh and Colta 72). The interpretation of this particular painting was clear. It corresponded to

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    is the incidental music written for Daudet’s play ‘L’Arlesienne’. L'Arlesienne is the story of the young peasant, Frederi falls in love to the girl from Arles. Frederi tries to marry with the girl from Arles, that he couldn't stop thinking about her after he met her. When Frederi and Vivette, the girl he is marring by giving up the girl from Arles was walking, they saw girl from Alres walking together with the other man. Because of this incident, Frederi remembers how much he loved her and finally

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    Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist painter, whose work represents the archetype of expressionism, the idea of emotional spontaneity in painting. Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor. Van Gogh's birth came one year to the day after his mother gave birth to a first, stillborn child; also named Vincent. There has been much speculation about Vincent van Gogh suffering later psychological trauma as a result of being a "replacement child" and

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    Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born March 30, 1853 in Zudert, Netherlands. He is the oldest of six children, his father a minster named Theodous van Gogh and mother named Anna Carbentus. He received his named after his grandfather and stillborn brother. He was very silent and thoughtful during his childhood, where he attended Zudert village school and home schooled as well.Constatnijn Huysmans an artist from Paris taught him how to draw while attending middle school. Vincent continued to draw throughout

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