Vincent van Gogh, March 30, 1853–July 29, 1890, was a Dutch painter and draftsman born in Zundert, North Brabant. He began pursuing art in 1880, received instruction from Anton Mauve in The Hague, and studied briefly at the academy in Antwerp and Fernand Cormon’s studio in Paris.

In Paris from 1886 to 1888, he associated with artists including Émile Bernard, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Paul Gauguin. His paintings and drawings included portraits, still lifes, landscapes and scenes of rural labor. He moved to Arles in 1888, where Gauguin joined him for a short period.

Van Gogh spent a year at Saint-Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence before moving to Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890. He died there in July. His works are held by the Van Gogh Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery in London and other major collections.

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