He was and is a world renowned painter, church leader, art dealer, lover of long walks and letters to friends. Does this sound like an ad for eharmony.com? It’s Vincent Van Gogh, one of the first impressionist painters. He lived a short life, riddled with mental imbalance and wrought with question. One thing could not be questioned, however, was his undeniable talent.

Vincent van Gogh was born on March thirtieth, eighteen-fifty-three in the small town of Groot Zundert in the Netherlands. He was a quiet, clever child, but school simply did not hold the young fellow’s attention. He ended up going straight into the family business: art dealing. Young Vincent had always had a great appreciation for the arts, and quickly found himself living comfortably outside of the Hague, where he worked for his Uncle’s firm, Goupil & Cie.

Van Gogh had come from a rather religious family and soon his interest was not in his work, but with the church. He had a go at a minister’s academy, but he didn’t quite make the cut. He did, however, manage to convince the

hierarchy to place him at a missionary post in a small mining community just past in. It was there where his geni

Some of his escapades are nearly legendary. For example, after being left by one of his women, he was so distraught that he chopped off his own ear and sent it to her in the post. With it was a note that read something like “So I can always hear you.” She received it On Valentines Day, of all days.

As he sank deeper into depression, his work did seem to become more ponderous, and more full of spirit. He painted not only his surroundings, but portraits of himself and his comrades.

Vincent’s life started to become more tumultuous. He moved though life at an unsteady pace, grinding though his existence much like he ground through women, with speed and fervor. In his entire life, Van Gogh only saw two of his paintings sold. He was also given very mixed criticism for his work. Many people thought the impressionists were peculiar. After all, you could see their brush strokes.

Van Gogh was unique, there is no questioning that. His friends knew him as quiet and steadfast, his women found him charming and passionate. His teachers and other mentors found him a bit blundering, but he was good hearted. He was as liberal with his paint as he was with his adoration, his spirit as thick as the pigment on the page. Van Gogh was and will forever live on, as an artist.

One school of thought pins Van Gogh’s interesting ways on the fact that he was born a year to the day after a stillborn child by hi

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