Vincent Van Gogh

Born March 30th 1853

Had a mom, dad, brother and sister

Van Gogh entered school at age 16

After 2 months I quit because I didn’t like school

He worked at a school house at age 25

He was fired from his school job because he had some problems

I entered school again to become a minister like my dad

He got fired from being a minister because he was giving the poor

extra food and clothes

His favorite color were yellow and green

Van Gogh and Theo started writing to each other

He produced more than 2,000 works of art

Vincent Van Gogh painted Starry Night in 1889

Vincent Van Gogh was poor his whole life so his brother sent him paints because he believed in his

art

Cut off his ear for a girl that didn’t love him

Couple years later his dad died of stroke

After a while Van Gogh killed himself because he thought he

was a pest

Couple years later Theo passed and left a wife and his son

Didn’t become famous until he died

Paintings sell for millions of dollars now