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Vincent van Gogh

1853 - 1890

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Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] ; 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, most of which are characterised by bold colours and dramatic brushwork that contributed to the rise of expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh's work was only beginning to gain critical attention before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot at age 37. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent van Gogh is the 2nd most popular painter (down from 1st in 2019), the most popular biography from Netherlands and the most popular Dutch Painter.

Vincent van Gogh is most famous for his paintings.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Vincent van Gogh ranks 2 out of 2,023. Before him are Michelangelo. After him are Pablo Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt, Salvador Dalí, Albrecht Dürer, Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, and Francisco Goya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1. After him are Cecil Rhodes, Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Ostwald, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Albrecht Kossel, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Chulalongkorn, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Aleksei Brusilov, and Vladimir Solovyov. Among people deceased in 1890, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Schliemann, Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, César Franck, Amadeo I of Spain, William III of the Netherlands, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, Joseph Merrick, Carl Bloch, and Henri Nestlé.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1 out of 1,646. After him are Baruch Spinoza (1632), Rembrandt (1606), Erasmus (1466), William III of England (1650), Johannes Vermeer (1632), Piet Mondrian (1872), Johan Cruyff (1947), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), and Mata Hari (1876).

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Among PAINTERS In Netherlands

Among painters born in Netherlands, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1. After him are Rembrandt (1606), Johannes Vermeer (1632), Piet Mondrian (1872), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Jan Steen (1626), Theo van Gogh (1857), Pieter de Hooch (1629), Han van Meegeren (1889), and Dieric Bouts (1415).

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