Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch painter and one of the greatest figures in world fine art. In total, in a relatively short time span of ten years, he created approximately 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings, of which he sold only one painting during his lifetime, less than a year before his tragic death. After his death, he became famous for his dizzying speed, which was mainly helped by the exhibition in Paris on March 17, 1901One of Van Gogh's most famous paintings is Sunflowers, about which he wrote two years before his death: "I would like to decorate my studio with half a dozen paintings of sunflowers - a gem that shines with purity against a variety of backgrounds, from green to royal blue." ⦠It would give the same impression as Gothic cathedral windows
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