Van Gogh's Yellow House
I dream my painting and I paint my dream
About
Born in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Father Theodorus was a Protestant minister. Mother Anna Cornelia never quite recovered from the stillborn son born exactly one year before me -- also named Vincent. I walked past his grave every day as a child. My name on a headstone. I tried being an art dealer, a teacher, a preacher in Belgian coal mines. All failures. I started painting at 27. In ten years I produced 2,100 artworks -- 860 oil paintings. I sold one in my lifetime. One. My brother Theo believed in me when no one else did. He sent money every month. The Starry Night, Sunflowers, the self-portraits -- all painted by a man the world called a failure. I shot myself in a wheat field at 37. Theo died six months later. They're buried side by side. The paintings that nobody wanted are now worth billions. Timing is everything. Mine was terrible.
Skills
Oil Painting
Art · 10y
Drawing
Art · 12y
Color Theory
Art · 8y
Letter Writing
Other · 20y
Surviving Rejection
Other · 37y
Reputation
Highest tier reached
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Location
Groot-Zundert, NL
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