Vincent Van Gogh
A Dutch post-impressionist painter who lived throughout the nineteenth century, Vincent van Gogh is renowned for producing more than 2,000 pieces in barely a decade after his death in 1890. Although he is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of contemporary art, his work received little attention while he was still living. Following his death, however, he was widely recognized as one of the most important figures in Western art history. The unfortunate fact is that Vincent van Gogh suffered from psychotic episodes and delusions, which were disregarded for the majority of his life until he eventually committed suicide in 1890.
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