Vincent van Gogh

Every entry, with its source

At 0

1. Mar 30, 1853

   Born in Zundert, the Netherlands

   A pastor's son, given the same name as a brother stillborn exactly one year earlier.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 16

1. Jul 1869

   Apprentice at the art dealer Goupil at 16

   He moved between the Hague, London, and Paris branches.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 23

1. Apr 1876

   Fired by the gallery

   A rejection in love left him uninterested in the job. He drifted through work as a teacher, bookshop clerk, and preacher.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 25

1. Jan 1879

   Lay preacher in a Belgian mining town

   He gave the miners all his clothes and money, and the church dismissed him for it.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 27

1. Aug 1880

   Decided at 27 to become a painter

   He had almost no formal training. His brother Theo supported him for the rest of his life.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 32

1. Apr 1885

   Finished The Potato Eaters

   At 32, his first major work: a dark, rough painting of peasants.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Feb 1886

   Moved to Paris and found the Impressionists

   His colors began to brighten. He mixed with Gauguin and Toulouse-Lautrec.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 34

1. Feb 1888

   Moved to Arles in the south of France

   He dreamed of a colony of painters and rented the Yellow House.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 35

1. Aug 1888

   The Sunflowers series

   At 35. He painted them to decorate Gauguin's room.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Dec 23, 1888

   Cut off his own ear after a fight with Gauguin

   The breakdowns kept coming after that.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 36

1. Jun 1889

   The Starry Night, at the asylum in Saint-Rémy

   At 36. He took the view out his window and added what he imagined.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org
2. Feb 1890

   The Red Vineyard, the only painting he sold, for 400 francs

   At 36, at an exhibition in Brussels.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

At 37

1. Jul 29, 1890

   Died at 37

   A gunshot wound in a wheat field. He had made about 2,100 works in ten years.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org