Van Gogh and the Post-Impressionists for Kids: Their Lives and Ideas, 21 Activities
1889 Van Gogh voluntarily enters a mental asy lum where he paints The Starry Night 1890 Van Gogh sells his first and only painting The Red Vineyard In May he moves to Auvers sur Oise paints Portrait of Dr Gachet Van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later at age 37 1891 Gauguin moves to Tahiti 1899 Toulouse Lautrec commited to a mental asy lum 1901 Toulouse Lautrec dies at age 36 1903 Gauguin dies in Hiva Oa at age 54 1928 Andy Warhol is born 1D
WBUS C 1935 Signac dies in Paris at age 71 1939 World War II begins Van Gogh's paintings hidden in bunkers on the Dutch coast 1941 Bernard dies in Paris at age 72 1973 Van Gogh Museum opens in Amsterdam 1990 Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr Gachet sells for record 82 5 million 2003 Worldwide people turn out to celebrate van Gogh's 150th birthday
VINCENT VAN GOGH Sunflowers 1888
INTRODUCTION Vincent and His Colorful Friends MAGINE TAKING A STROLL through a field of sunflowers in the south of France A hun dred or so years ago you might have run into a red bearded artist in a big straw hat standing in front of an easel He would quickly cover his can vas with thick layers of paint His colors would be so vivid they'd seem to glow And oh how he loved the color yellow When he was finished he'd carry the wet canvas to his yellow house setting it against a wall to dry At dinnertime you might spy him again at a table in the local café He'd be having a lively dis cussion with his buddy the postman or writing a letter to his brother Theo Then again the letter might be to one of his artist friends He loved to write letters On he would go page after page writing about everything but especially about his paintings Who would have guessed that one day those letters would be read by thousands Or that his paintings would hang in the greatest museums in the world Or that the painter Vincent van Gogh would be one of the most famous artists who ever lived Most of the time van Gogh worked alone But during a brief time in Paris he met other young enthusiastic artists They all admired the work of the modern Impressionists like Claude Monet But van Gogh and his peers wanted to take the Impres sionists ideas a step further The friends painted together shared their ideas and enjoyed the nightlife of Paris They were a talented
