Biography, artworks

2. BIOGRAPHY
 Born on March 30. 1853
in Groot-Zundert
 Dutch, post-
impressionist painter
 Died in France on July
29, 1890

3. FAMILY
 Father – country
minister
 Mother – artist
 Financial problems

4.  1873. moved to London
 Wanted to be a minister
 1880. moved t Brussels
to become an artist
 Catastrophic love life
 Start of depression

5. ARTIST
 Art helped him
stay
emotionally
balanced
 Potato Eaters –
first
masterpiece

6. INSPIRATION
 Color and light
 Japanese art
 “Little yellow house”
 Hospitalisation

7. ART WORKS
 2100+ artworks:
o 860 oil paintings
o 1300 watercolor,
drawings and sketches
 "Irises" sold for a
record $53.9 million,
and his "Portrait of Dr.
Gachet" sold for $82.5
million.