Vincent van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He 1 school when he was only 15. Afterwards he worked as an art dealer for seven years, and then taught at a Catholic school for boys. In the following years, he went from job to job, living in various cities in Europe. 2, in 1880, van Gogh decided to move to Brussels and begin studies in art. During the next ten years, he painted 872 paintings.
Vincent 3 from severe depression. In a fit of epilepsy he cut off a portion of his ear with a razor. He was 4 to an asylum in 1888.a There he painted one of his best-known paintings, Starry Night. On July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh 5 himself in the chest with a revolver. Two days later he died.