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Vincent van gogh
By

Patparkorn Limcharoen

Content

Preface
Introduction
Biography
Spiritual belief
Some picture of spiritual activities
Reference

“ Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life
seems almost enchanted after all ”

Preface
Ihave been interested in Van Gogh art. Ithen saw a
religious picture drawn by him, so Iwant to know and

discover more about his belief in religion.

Introduction

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist
painter who posthumously became one of the most famous
and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade,
he created about 2,000 artworks. They include landscapes,
still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, and are characterised

by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive
brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern
art. Not commercially successful, he then became famous

after his death.

Biography

Vincent Van Gogh was born in march 30, 1 853, Zundert,
Netherlands—died July 29, 1 890, Auvers-sur-Oise, Dutch
painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt
van Rijn, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists.
The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured
forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of

Expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh’s art became
astoundingly popular after his death, especially in the late
20th century, when his work sold for record-breaking sums

at auctions around the world and was featured in
blockbuster touring exhibitions. In part because of his
extensive published letters, van Gogh has also been

mythologized in the popular imagination as the
quintessential tortured artist.

Spiritual Belief

Van Gogh was certainly religious, although his beliefs did
change with time. As the son of a minister, Van Gogh
naturally had a Christian upbringing.

His father was a Protestant minister and belonged to a part
of the church with a moderate, liberal perspective. Vincent
initially wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps, but soon
realised that they had strongly differing beliefs. Instead of

being born out of doctrine, Vincent thought that belief
should be founded in human emotions, and primarily the
emotions of people from the lower social classes. Vincent
ultimately came to see nature and human history as jointly
symbolising ‘God’. Not a defined god, but ‘something up

there’ – something that can’t be named. Actually, an
extremely modern stance for the time.

Pictures of spiritual activity
Religious picture drawn by Van Gogh



Reference

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh

https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-
stories/vincent-van-gogh-faq/was-van-gogh-religious