He is one of my ultimate idol in visual art. Vincent Willem van Gogh, in full name (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. [1] Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art.
Van Gogh spent his early adult life working for a firm of art dealers. After a brief spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a very poor mining region. He did not embark upon a career as an artist until 1880. Initially, Van Gogh worked only with sombre colours, until he encountered Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism in Paris. He incorporated their brighter colours and style of painting into a uniquely recognizable style, which was fully developed during the time he spent at Arles, France. He produced more than 2,000 works, including around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches, during the last ten years of his life. Most of his best-known works were produced in the final two years of his life, during which time he suffered recurrent bouts of mental illness, which led to his suicide.
The central figure in Van Gogh's life was his brother Theo, who continually and selflessly provided financial support. Their lifelong friendship is documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. Van Gogh is a pioneer of what came to be known as Expressionism. He had an enormous influence on 20th century art, especially on the Fauves and German Expressionists.
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Gallery
 Portrait of Père Tanguy, (1887) |  Cherry Tree, (1888) |  The Old Mill, (1888) |  The Harvest, Arles, (1888) | |
 Bridge at Arles, (1888) |  View of Arles with Irises, (1888) |  The Rhônebarken, (1888) |  The Sower, (1888) |  Starry Night Over the Rhone, (1888) |
 Joseph Roulin, (the Postmaster), (1888) |  The Night Café, (1888), Yale |  Bedroom in Arles, (1888), Van Gogh Museum |  Wheat Field, June 1888, Honolulu Academy of Arts |  Irises, (1889) |
 Cypresses, (1889) |  Cornfield with Cypresses, (1889) |  The Olive Trees, (1889) |  Entrance of the Hospital, Saint-Remy, (1889) | |
 L'Arlesienne: (Madame Ginoux), (1890) |  The Round of the Prisoners, (1890) |  The Church at Auvers, (1890) |  Thatched Cottages by a Hill, (1890) |  Wheat Field with Crows, (1890) |
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