Gogh, Vincent Willem van b. March 30, 1853, Zundert, Neth.d. July 29, 1890, AuverssurOise, near Paris, generally considered the greatest Dutch painter and draughtsman after Rembrandt. With Cézanne and Gauguin the greatest of PostImpressionist artists. 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 selfportraits and the wellknown The Starry Night 1889.

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