Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsɛnt ˈʋɪləɱ vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] (listen); 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent van Gogh has received more than 25,657,209 page views. His biography is available in 199 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 197 in 2019). Vincent van Gogh is the 2nd most popular painter, the most popular biography from Netherlands and the most popular Painter.

Vincent van Gogh is most famous for his paintings.