Vincent Van Gogh: world’s greatest artist
1853-1890
Introduction
• When Vincent van Gogh grew up he loved to draw pictures of people and family when he was young, one of his pictures is called The Potatoe Eaters the picture was about a family like the above eating potatoes.
• He also has epilepsy but that didn’t stop Vincent from painting marvellous pictures.
Family
• When Vincent was growing up he had 2 brothers and 3 sisters called Anna, will, and lies. His brothers were called Cor and Theo but he was very close to Theo.
• Theo helped Vincent as his epilepsy got worse Vincent went to Paris with Theo to learn from other artists
Troubles
Vincent’s epilepsy got even worse then before he started going crazy he cut of his ear and gave it to a girl as a “present” and in 1890 he committed suicide. He shot him self with a revolver but it didn’t kill him, he had a few minutes of pain and despair. 8 months later Theo died and he was berried next to Vincent.
1853-1890
Introduction
• When Vincent van Gogh grew up he loved to draw pictures of people and family when he was young, one of his pictures is called The Potatoe Eaters the picture was about a family like the above eating potatoes.
• He also has epilepsy but that didn’t stop Vincent from painting marvellous pictures.
Family
• When Vincent was growing up he had 2 brothers and 3 sisters called Anna, will, and lies. His brothers were called Cor and Theo but he was very close to Theo.
• Theo helped Vincent as his epilepsy got worse Vincent went to Paris with Theo to learn from other artists
Troubles
Vincent’s epilepsy got even worse then before he started going crazy he cut of his ear and gave it to a girl as a “present” and in 1890 he committed suicide. He shot him self with a revolver but it didn’t kill him, he had a few minutes of pain and despair. 8 months later Theo died and he was berried next to Vincent.