Many
of us can identify with the roadblocks that Vincent Van Gogh experienced
in his many career and romantic pursuits, all ending in failure. His reaction
to these experiences however, demonstrates a biological and psychological
abnormality, causing behaviors that alienated those around him. As he became
more isolated from society and began to pour all of his energies into painting,
his eccentricities and outbursts developed pathological traits, which caused
him first, to be institutionalized, and second, it led to his suicidal
death at the young age of 37.
During
his short and turbulent life, he sold only 1 painting for 400 francs, just
4 months before his death. It is titled "The Red Vineyard" (See painting
below). Nonetheless, he produced an incredible number of masterpieces that
will continue "living" for the rest of human history.
Style of his
work