BRITANNICA BEGINNER BIOS VINC AN Cooney MIASTER OF POST IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING JENNIFER LANDAU Britannica Educational Publishing IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROSEN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
VINCENT VAN GOGH MASTER OF POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING CHAPTER ONE 4 WHO WAS VINCENT VAN GOGH Self-Portrait as a Painter is one of many pictures that van Gogh painted of himself Vincent van Gogh was one of the world’s most famous artists During his lifetime he sold only one painting Today his paintings sell for millions of dollars Van Gogh lived in Europe in the 1800s He began painting around 4
5 WHO WAS VINCENT VAN GOGH 1880 Before that he had worked many different jobs Van Gogh painted for just 10 years but in those 10 years he created more than 800 paintings and 700 drawings He moved throughout Europe during that The Red Vineyard shows workers picking grapes under a bright sun The only painting van Gogh sold during his lifetime is titled The Red Vineyard Quick Fact
