1. By Irene Ocariz

2. Intro:
 The Artist & Madness
Portrait of himself Letter to his brother Theo

3. Who Was He?
“Doctor Gachet”
 Crazy Artist
 Poverty, failure
 Famous after
Notice the Yellow and Blue death

4. Section 1 (A): Early Life &
Childhood
•30-3-1853, Groot-Zundert
Van Gogh’s Dad
• Pastor in Dutch Reformed
Church
• Disliked family members
Dutch Reformed Church

5. Section 1
(B):
His Journey
Age 13
Age 18
• 16 yrs old -> Hague gallery
• 1873-> London, assistant
• 1875-> Paris = Pastor

6. Section 2: His Paintings
His Room
 1600 drawings, 750 Paintings -> Crimes &
Prices
 “The Red Vine”, 400 francs = $100
 Liabilities -> Theo
“The Red Vine”

7. “The Poppy Flowers” “Sorrow”
•1978 •Sien
•2010 - not recovered •Pencil, pen, ink on
•worth $55 M paper
•11-Nov-1882
“The Poppy Flowers”
“Sorrow”

8. “Starry Night”
 Saint-Remy, France 1889
 Oil on Canvas
 $71 M

9. Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
O5tKG39G6Qk
•Never Smiling

10. Section 3 (A): Injuries
“Sunflowers”
 Xanthopsia
 Epilepsy and Phycosis
 Portrait of doctor= $82.5M
Portrait with left ear cut off

11. Section 3 (B): Death
 1890 27th July, shot himself
 “The sadness will last forever”
 30 July Auvers-sur Oise
“Crows Over The Wheatfield”
Van Gogh and Theo’s tomb

12. Conclusion
 Major Part of Western
Culture
 Older Brother