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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Van Gogh, Vincent
| A short time prior to his birth, Van Gogh's parents endured a great trauma. What was it? | Van Gogh (and Theo)
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The death of an infant child. The first child born to the parents, Vincent Van Gogh, was stillborn. The man we know as Vincent Van Gogh was born one year later.
| Van Gogh had a particularly close relationship with Theo. Which statement describes Theo accurately? | Van Gogh (and Theo)
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He was Van Gogh's younger brother. Vincent was closer to Theo than to any of his other siblings (and, possibly, closer to Theo than to anyone else in his life).
Minister. Van Gogh's father was a minister; the religious upbringing carried over into Vincent's life. (At one point, he attempted to enter a school of theology.)
Art Gallery. Theo shared Van Gogh's interest in art and worked in a gallery in Paris.
| As a young man, Van Gogh lived for a period of time in a poor community, trying to provide assistance to the residents. What type of community was it? | Van Gogh (and Theo)
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Coal Mining. Van Gogh tried to help the poor people who lived in a coal mining community; his art often reflects the hard life of these people.
| One of Van Gogh's early masterpieces showed various people consuming what type of food? | Van Gogh (and Theo)
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Potatoes. One of Vincent's early masterpieces is "The Potato Eaters".
| It has often been said that Van Gogh sold only one painting during his lifetime. Which painting was it? | Van Gogh (and Theo)
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The Red Vineyards. Al of the choices mentioned are paintings by Van Gog; "Sunflowers" and "Starry Night" are particularly well -known. It was "vineyards", however, that Theo sold (via his gallery) for Vincent.
Suicide. After great trials and tribulations in a stormy life, Van Gogh shot himself.
In his 30's. Van Gogh died at 37. It was a short life filled with talent - but also filled with great physical and emotional pain.
Saint-Rémy. Vincent van Gogh was born in Groot-Zundert, the Netherlands in 1853. During his life van Gogh lived in Brussels, Etten, Drenthe, The Hague, Nuenen, Antwerp, Paris, Arles and Saint-Rémy.
1889. Vincent van Gogh completed "The Starry Night" abut a year before his death in 1890. He began this masterpiece while at the mental hospital Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy.
Theo van Gogh. Theo van Gogh was Vincent van Gogh's younger brother, and, outside of Paul Gauguin, probably the person he was closest to. Theo worked as an art dealer in Paris and helped increase the popularity of artists like Claude Monet and Edgar Degas.
73 x 92 cm. The average size for a painting is about 25 x 34 cm so "The Starry Night" has an area about eight times that of the average painting. By comparison, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is 77 x 53 cm, occupying an area about 60% as large as "The Starry Night".
Crescent moon. The large orange-yellow crescent moon is located in the top-right corner of the painting. A large circular glow surrounds the moon.
11. The eleven stars vary in size with the largest one being located in the foreground. There are approximately four rows of stars: five in the top row, two on the second, one on the third and three on the bottom row. The eleven stars in the painting may be a reference to Genesis 37:9 which reads as follows: "And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me."
A cypress tree. The large cypress tree looks almost like a large greenish-brown flame. The cypress tree dwarfs the church steeple located further back in the painting.
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Other well known works in the Museum of Modern Art include "Campbell's Soup Cans" by Andy Warhol and "The Dance" by Henri Matisse. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam contains the largest collection of Van Gogh's works including "Sunflowers", "Bedroom in Arles" and "The Potato Eaters".
Starry Night Over the Rhone. "Starry Night Over the Rhone" has the same dimensions as "The Starry Night" and it shares a similar color scheme in part of the painting. Vincent van Gogh painted "Starry Night Over the Rhone" while living in Arles. The Ursa Major constellation and two lovers walking down by the river are visible in the painting.
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