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Vincent van Gogh

Painter · Dutch · 19th c.

Dutch painter (1853–1890). Leaving masterworks of Post-Impressionism including Sunflowers, The Starry Night, and his Self-portraits — intense colours and brushwork. Virtually unknown in his lifetime, mentally ill and impoverished, he died at 37. His letters to Theo are a literary masterpiece in their own right. The supreme symbol of the misunderstood genius — his paintings now sell for the highest prices in art history.