Vincent Van Gogh

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9 lithographs, and 1 etching) was documented in more
than 700 letters that he wrote to Theo and others.
Van Gogh's early years includes all his work from 1879 through 1885. Between
August 1879 and November 1885 he worked in Etten, The Hague--where he received
some instruction from his cousin, Anton Mauve and in Nuenen, among other places.
In Nuenen he painted The Potato Eaters, his first important picture, which
underscores his lifelong interest in peasant subjects.
During the winter of 1885-86 Van Gogh studied at the academy in Antwerp, where
he was forced to draw from plaster casts and to adopt academic principles that
did not suit him. He moved to Paris, where he lived with Theo his brother. The
Paris period (March 1886-February 1888) is extremely important because it
enabled Vincent to see and to hear discussed work of virtually every major
artist there. Although van Gogh admired many. During these years van Gogh's
style shifted from the darker manner characteristic of his ...

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