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- Vincent van Gogh
- The Head of a Peasant Woman
- 1885
- NG 2216
- On Display
- Vincent van Gogh
- Orchard in Blossom (Plum Trees)
- 1888
- NG 2217
- On Display
- Vincent van Gogh
- Olive Trees
- 1889
- NG 1803
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853 - 1890)
Van Gogh's brilliant, emotionally charged paintings are the most well known of all Post-Impressionist works. Born in Holland, the son of a pastor, he tried picture dealing, teaching and book selling, before training for the ministry. After dismissal from a mission in Belgium he concentrated on painting. His arrival in Paris in 1886 and his contact with the Impressionist painters made a dramatic impact on his work. Van Gogh's concern with light and colour led him to the south of France, where his paintings began to reflect his increasingly disturbed state of mind. He died after shooting himself in July 1890.
