By Matthew and Tom

Vincent Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853. He died at the age of 37. He worked at many jobs, such as at an art gallery, a school, a bookstore, as a preacher, and at last, he became an artist. He didn't have a very happy life. He painted sad paintings with poor people in them. His paintings were always very dark until he saw some colourful Japanese paintings.

A painting of a chair

A painting of a skeleton

A panting of a pair of shoes and many more.

He wanted to do something worth while after failing in different jobs. He did it to express himself in ways people could see and understand .

Vincent had an older brother who died at birth. His name was also Vincent Van Gogh.

Vincent Van Gogh was close friends with Paul Gauguin, another famous artist.

Vincent Van Gogh wrote over 800 letters in his lifetime. The majority of them written to his brother and closest friend Theo.