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Babysitter.

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My son, Clancy. My husband, Michael.

Arts & Humanities > Artists & Artwork Biography: Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born on March 30th, 1853 in Groot-Zundert, the Netherlands. He was the eldest of six children (three sisters and two brothers) and while showing no artistic talent growing up, his sister had said that he was a 'serious and introspective child'. Details of Vincent's early childhood are extremely sketchy and researchable history of him begins at the age of sixteen. In 1870, the sixteen year old Vincent was employed by Goupil & Co. to train as an art dealer in a Hague Gallery, kindling his appreciation for paintings and drawings but failing to hold his interest in ...

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