Vincent Van Gogh Research

As the book I aim to create will have information and facts about artists I decided to find out some interesting things about Vincent Van Gogh. I started with finding out the basic information such as when he was born and died and his artistic movement. I then went into finding more interesting focused facts about him. Here is the information that I have found so far, I may add more facts or replace some if there aren't enough or I find better ones in the future. I also included a self portrait of Van Gogh

Born: 30 March 1853, in the Netherlands
Died: 29 July 1890, (aged 37)
Movement: Post-impressionism  

• Van Gogh wrote over 800 letters in his lifetime, most of these letters were written to his brother Theo, who was also his best friend.
• In his short life he created the astonishing amount of 2000 pieces, this is including drawings and sketches as well as paintings. 
• Van Gogh only became famous after his death because his brothers wife set out to get him the recognition that he deserved. 
• Within 10 years Van Gogh created approximately 900 paintings! some of which are known as the greatest works of art ever created.
• Van Gogh committed suicide by shooting himself and dying of blood loss two days later.  
• He suffered greatly from mental illness and spent part of his life in the Saint-Paul Asylum. This is where the famous painting 'starry night' was created, it is thought to be of the view from his room. 
• Part of Van Gogh's ear lobe was cut off, no one knows the real truth about how this event took place there are a few different stories as to how this happened. Many people think that he cut it off himself but there are other theories that his artist friend Paul Gauguin cut it off in a row.
• Van Gogh painted 30 self portraits between 1886 and 1889.

Self portrait of Vincent Van Gogh