Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch PostImpressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art In just over a decade he created about 2100 artworks including around 860 oil paintings most of them in the last two years of his life They include landscapes still lifes portraits and selfportraits and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art His suicide at 37 followed years of mental illness and poverty