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features nine paintings, a history, and a chronology of the life of this ingenious Dutch painter. Van Gogh was 27 years old when he decided to become an artist after unsuccessful attempts at being an art dealer, a teacher, and a clergyman. He taught himself mostly by studying the prints and reproductions he collected. The paintings he produced before his death at age 37 set the direction for many of the expressionist tendencies in 20th century art. (National Gallery of Art)
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Vincent Willem van Gogh was born March 30, 1853, in Zundert in the southern province of North Brabant, in the Netherlands, the eldest son of Theodorus van Gogh, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed church. |
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