Van Gogh, Vincent
1853-1890 37 years
1853-1890 37 years
Dutch painter, "post-impressionist" style
father: Protestant Christian minister
mother: ?
1 brother (Theo, 4 years younger), 3 sisters
had Christian evangelical leanings as a young man
in lifetime was poor, never sold a painting
younger brother Theo helped support him
painted over 900 paintings, 1,100 drawings, many lost or
destroyed.
committed to mental assylum last years of life
committed suicide by gunshot
in last 2 months of life painted 90 paintings
after death, became one of the most famous artists in the
world, paintings demanding extremely high prices..
father: Protestant Christian minister
mother: ?
1 brother (Theo, 4 years younger), 3 sisters
had Christian evangelical leanings as a young man
in lifetime was poor, never sold a painting
younger brother Theo helped support him
painted over 900 paintings, 1,100 drawings, many lost or
destroyed.
committed to mental assylum last years of life
committed suicide by gunshot
in last 2 months of life painted 90 paintings
after death, became one of the most famous artists in the
world, paintings demanding extremely high prices..
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| I wonder whether you have seen Van Gogh's painting of his shoe. It is one of the rarest things. There is just an old shoe – tired, sad, as if just on the verge of death. It is just an old shoe, but look at it, feel it, and you will feel what a long, boring life this shoe must have passed through. It is so sad, just praying to be taken away from life, tired completely, every nerve broken, just an old man, an old shoe. It is one of the most original paintings. But how could Van Gogh see it...? --Osho The Book of the Secrets, Vol. 1, ch. 21 |
Shoes, 1888
oil on canvas
Vincent Van Gogh
oil on canvas
Vincent Van Gogh