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Life and influences - Vincent Van Gogh
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Life and influences Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) Van Gogh was born on March the 30th 1853, in Groot-zundert. His father at first wanted him to be an art dealer so at sixteen he started work at the Goupil Galleries he worked there for three years. From 1870 to 1873 then, at the more important branch for two years. It is said that he was totally uninterested in his job as an art dealer. This probably affected him in a bad way as he had been working as an art dealer for five years and he disliked this very much. So he left the gallery and returned home in 1876. It helped him a lot because this is where he decided what to do with his life. There he made his sketches and read a lot of books. This was the time he began to wonder from place to place to seek out new ideas...
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