Vincent van Gogh's Biography

by Debra N. Mancoff
Vincent van Gogh Paintings

Vincent van Gogh began his art career with the desire to return to a "land of pictures." Having worked previously as an art dealer, van Gogh yearned for the enthusiasm he had felt for the paintings he had enjoyed. Van Gogh channeled that enthusiasm into a brief but intensely dedicated and disciplined career.

Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night is an
oil on canvas (29x36-1/4 inches) that is housed
in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

The links below take you to van Gogh's paintings. They span his entire career, from exploratory early works to color-drenched paintings composed from hospital windows.

A Corridor in the Asylum A Memory of the Garden at Etten A Pair of Shoes
Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin Almond Blossom Almond Tree in Blossom
Blossoming Acacia Branches Boulevard de Clichy Butterflies and Poppies
Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night Carpenter's Yard and Laundry Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen
Corn Fields and Poppies Courting Couples in the Voyer d'Argenson Park at Asnieres Cypresses
Daubigny's Garden Dr. Gachet's Garden Ears of Wheat
Encampment with Caravans Farm Near Auvers Field of Flowers near Arles
Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Fishing in the Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnieres) Flower Beds in Holland
Flowers in a Blue Vase Garden with Sunflower Gauguin's Chair
Houses at Auvers Irises Irises
La Mousme, Sitting
Landscape at Twilight Landscape with Carriage and Train in the Background
Landscape with Snow Lane of Poplars at Sunset Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing
L'Arlesienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux
Le Crau with Peach Trees in Blossom Le Moulin de la Galette
Le Pere Tanguy Les Alyscamps Les Alyscamps
Lilacs
Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La Berceuse) Madame Roulin with her Baby Marcelle
Marguerite Gachet at the Piano
Marguerite Gachet in the Garden Meadow in the Garden of Saint-Paul Hospital
Noon: Rest from Work (After Millet) Old Man in Sorrow (On the Threshold of Eternity) Oleanders
Olive Grove Orchard in Blossom with View of Arles Peach Tree in Blossom (Souvenir de Mauve)
Peat Field Pieta (after Delacroix)
 Pink Roses
Ploughed Field
 Portrait of Dr. Gachet Prisoners Exercising (After Dore)
Road with Cypress and Star Self-Portrait

Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin (Bonze)
Self-Portrait of Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait of Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear Self-Portrait with Dark Felt Hat Self-Portrait with Pipe and Straw Hat
Sheaves of Wheat
Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette Sprig of Flowering Almond Blossom in a Glass
Starry Night over the Rhone Still Life with Bible Still Life: Drawing Board, Pipe, Onions and Sealing Wax
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers
Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers Study for "Romans Parisiens"
Sunflowers Tarascon Diligence Terrace of a Café on Montmartre (Le Guinguette)
The Bedroom The Bedroom
 The Church at Auvers-sur-Oise
The Dance Hall The De Ruijterkade in Amsterdam The Harvest
The Hill of Montmartre with Stone Quarry The Large Plane Trees The Loom
The Old Mill The Olive Trees The Parsonage Garden in the Snow
The Postman Joseph Roulin The Potato Eaters The Red Vineyard
The Sower The Sower
 The Starry Night
The White Orchard
The Yellow House The Zouave
Two Cut Sunflowers Undergrowth with Two Figures
 Van Gogh's Chair
Vegetable Gardens and the Moulin de Blute-Fin on Montmartre
View of the Sea at Scheveningen Ward of Arles Hospital
Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds Wheatfield with a Lark
Wheatfield with Crows
Willows at Sunset Woman Winding Yarn
 Young Girl in a Wood

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