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Vincent Van Gogh: The Starry Night
Vincent Van Gogh was a great Dutch painter.He is best known for his painting of The Starry Night.Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30,1853 in Groot-Zundert Netherlands,and died on July 27,1890 in France. Throughout his life he battled with a mental illness,and depression.He also struggled financially since a young age.Vincent Van Gogh started off as a preacher minister,but then decided to become an artist.He was struggling financially but his brother decided to help him out.

While in France Vincent Van Gogh he painted one of his famous paintings The Starry Night.The painting was painted in June 1889 which was one year before his death.He painted it from inside his window which had a country view.He painted the painting with an oil based

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