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Vincent Gogh
(1853-90)
Gogh, Vincent (Willem) van (b. March 30, 1853, Zundert, Neth. d. July
29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris), generally considered the
greatest Dutch painter after
Rembrandt;
he powerfully influenced the
current of
Expressionism
in modern art. His work, all of it produced
during a period of only 10 years, hauntingly conveys through its
striking colour, coarse brushwork, and contoured forms the anguish of
a mental illness that eventually resulted in suicide. Among his
masterpieces are numerous self-portraits and the well-known
The Starry Night (1889).
[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]
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