The Mysterious Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh – this name is known today to almost every art lover. A genius painter with his unique style, a person of complex tragic fate. An autodidact artist, who had only 7 years of creativity, during which he created more than 800 stunning paintings and 1000 drawings. The epistolary legacy of Vincent Van Gogh includes more than seven hundred letters, which reveal the truth about the life of the artist, whose art remained unknown during his lifetime and is now recognized as priceless. Many legends still circulate about the artist's life. Having not achieved success in his lifetime, he died in complete obscurity, leaving us numerous mysteries, and in the 21st century, his artistic legacy has gained fantastic success.

— How and when did his unique individual style develop?
— What illnesses did Van Gogh suffer from, and was his creativity a result of his ailments?
— Whose help could he not do without in his creative endeavors?
— Why does yellow dominate many of his paintings?
— What really happened to the artist's ear, and was Paul Gauguin responsible for the incident?
— What is actually depicted in his painting "Starry Night"?
— How did Van Gogh actually die?

Let's take a closer look at the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh, learn more about him, learn to understand his art, and try to uncover his secrets.