vincent van gogh biography

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Theodorus van Gogh, a preacher in the DutchReformed Church, and Anna CorneliaCarbentus, daughter of a bookseller, marry in1851. Their son Vincent Willem van Gogh, thesecond of six children, is born on March30, 1853, in Zundert, a village in Brabant, in thesouth of the Netherlands. Four years later, in1857, Vincent's favorite brother, Theodorus(Theo), is born. Vincent begins his education atthe village school in 1861, and subsequentlyattends two boarding schools. He excels inlanguages, studying French, English, and German.In March 1868, in the middle of the academicyear, he abruptly leaves school and returns toZundert. He does not resume his formaleducation.

The Van Gogh Museum first opened its doors in 1973. The building, designed by Dutch architect GerritRietveld, houses the world's largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh: some 200 paintings, 500 drawings and 700 letters, as well as the artist's own collection of Japanese prints.The collection originally belonged to Theo van Gogh (1857-1891), Vincent's younger brother. Following Theo's death, it passed to his widow, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862-1925). Although a number of works were sold, she retained a major group, representing all phases of Van Gogh's oeuvre. On her death in 1925, her son, Vincent Willem van Gogh (1890-1978), inherited the collection. In 1962, on the initiative of the Dutch state, he transferred the works to the Vincent van Gogh Foundation. They are now on permanent loan to the Van Gogh Museum and form the nucleus of its collection.

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