Vincent van Gogh - Zundert, NL - Homesteads on Waymarking.com

"Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous painters in Dutch art history. The artist is known worldwide. Not only are his works of art world famous, the tumultuous life of the artist is also still very much in the spotlight.

Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in the Brabant town of Zundert, the son of Theodorus van Gogh and his wife Anna Cornelia Carbentus. His father was a pastor of the Reformed Church in the village. In the vicinity of the rectory, the 'children Van Gogh' would have grown up quite protected. The family father Theodorus was not a strict Christian, he adhered to the Groninger direction – a fairly moderate movement within the Reformed Church.
Although Vincent went on throughout his life as the 'eldest child', a child was born before him. Exactly one year before his birth, mother Anna gave birth for the first time. The baby, a boy, was stillborn. The name Vincent van Gogh is written on his gravestone in the small cemetery of Zundert. Many psychologists do not rule out the possibility that the fact that Vincent was born on the anniversary of his older brother's death was decisive in his development. The extent to which the event cast a shadow over family life cannot be ascertained. It is also unclear whether Vincent experienced the event as a burden on his shoulders. When his brother Theo fathered a son and also named his child Vincent, he wrote in a letter to his mother:

He may have been referring to his older, deceased brother, but that is not necessary. The Van Gogh family knew more Vincents.

Vincent van Gogh had three sisters (Anna, Willemien and Elisabeth) and two brothers (Theo and Cor).

At the age of 16, Van Gogh left for The Hague to work for the Hague branch of the French art and print trade Goupil & Cie."

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