Vincent van Gohg lahir di Zundert, Belanda, 30 Maret 1853 - meninggal di Auvers-sur-Oise, Prancis, 29 Juli 1890 pada umur 37 tahun, ia mulai memutuskan menjadi seorang pelukis pada 1881 sepulangnya dari Borinage, Belgia.
Tidak ada kata telat untuk memulai, pikir Van Gogh di usianya yang 27 tahun lebih saat itu. Tekadnya bulat, meski banyak orang di sekelilingnya, termasuk keluarga besarnya, tak menyetujui keputusan yang ia ambil.
Satu-satunya orang yang setia mendukung keputusan Van Gogh secara total adalah Theo van Gogh, adik kandung kesayangannya.
Sejak kecil, dua dari enam bersaudara itu memang amat dekat. Theo selalu mendukung pilihan karier kakaknya. Bahkan semasa menjadi seniman miskin, Van Gogh mendapat dukungan finansial dari Theo yang seorang pengusaha sukses.
Van Gogh menciptakan kurang lebih 2.100 karya seni, termasuk sekitar 860 lukisan cat minyak yang kebanyakan dibuat selama dua tahun terakhir kehidupannya. Karya-karya tersebut meliputi lukisan bentang alam, alam benda, potret, dan potret diri, dan memiliki ciri khas berupa warna yang tebal dan dramatis serta goresan kuas yang impulsif dan ekspresif.
Self-Portrait with Pipe, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm, 1886 - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Lane at the Jardin du Luxembourg, oil on canvas, 27.1 × 46.1 cm, July 1886 - Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Massachusetts
Le Moulin de la Galette, oil on canvas, 38,5 x 46 cm, 1886 - Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Vase with Autumn Asters also Vase with Asters and Phlox, oil on canvas, 61 x 46 cm, 1886 - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Bowl with Peonies and Roses, oil on canvas, 59 x 71 cm, 1886 - Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Le Moulin de la Galette, oil on canvas, 46 × 38 cm, 1886 - Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow
Le Moulin de la Galette, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 cm, March 1886 - Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg
Self-Portrait with Grey Felt Hat , oil on cardboard, 1886-87 - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Fritillaries in a Copper Vase, oil on canvas, 73,5 x 60,5 cm, 1887 - Musee d Orsay, Paris
The Restaurant de la Sirène at Asnière, oil on canvas, 54 x 65 cm, 1887 - Musee d Orsay, Paris
Self-Portrait, 1887 - Musee d Orsay, Paris
A Pair of Boots, oil on canvas, 34 × 41.5 cm, 1887 - Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Two Cut Sunflowers, oil on canvas, 1887 - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Yor
Four Sunflowers Gone to Seed, 60 x 100 cm, oil on canvas, September 1887 - Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Still Life Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, 91 × 72 cm, oil on canvas, August 1888 - Neue Pinakothek, Munich
The Night Cafe, 72.4 × 92.1 cm, oil on canvas, September 1888-Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
The Yellow House, 72 × 91.5 cm, oil on canvas, September 1888-Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Cafe Terrace at Night, 81 × 65.5 cm, oil on canvas, 16 September 1888-Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands
Bedroom in Arles, October 1888-Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
L'Arlesienne Madame Ginoux with Books, 1888-Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York
The Red Vineyard, 75 × 93 cm, oil on canvas, 4 November 1888-Pushkin Museum, Moscow, former collection Anna Boch
The Red Vineyard, 75 × 93 cm, oil on canvas, 4 November 1888-Pushkin Museum, Moscow, former collection Anna Boch
A self-portrait with a bandaged ear by Van Gogh, 1889, oil on canvas, 60 x 49 cm (Courtauld Galleries, London)
" Majolica Jar with Branches of Oleander " by Vincent van Gogh, 60.3 x 73.7 cm, Oil on canvas, 1888.
" Portrait of Dr. Gachet " by Vincent van Gogh, 67 cm × 56 cm, Oil on canvas, 1890.
Private collection
" The Starry Night " by Vincent van Gogh, 73.7 cm × 92.1 cm, Oil on canvas, 1889.
Location Museum of Modern Art, New York City
" Self-portrait without beard " by Vincent van Gogh, 40 cm × 31 cm, Oil on canvas, 1889.
Private collection
