ted t he understanding the feelings, experiences, and views Van Gogh had, by the notes that were preserved that he sent to his friends and family, especially the all the ones sent to his brother Theo. Mark Hardens Artchive)Before Vincent became a painter, he was a Protestant minister and a art dealer. He failed at both of these and then started to study art world. His family shamed him due to the fact that he didnt follow his dads footsteps in ministerial. He took this talent and began to draw schetches and do oil paintings by the thousands, but none of his paintings became recognized until the age of 27. (Voyager)As a child Vincent was a quiet person. Elizabeth Van Gogh said, "Not only was his little sisters and brothers strangers to him, but he was a stranger to himself. And he also walked around all dazed and clumsily." (Voyager)"Vincent had queer manners and seemed to be more like an old man," said a servant of the Van Gogh family that worked for them when Vincent was a child. His mother was really disappointed in him and then eventually the entire family. Even his closes friend, his brother, Theo Van Gogh who helped him financially became disappointed. Vincent said that "Theo comforted his mother and is worthy to be comforted by his mother." On the other hand Vincent was rejected. Vincent later said that his childhood was "gloomy and cold and sterile." (Voyager)Observers of Van Goghs life believed that his eccentricities, compounded to create many distressing experiences that directly impacted the development of Expressionism. This was visible from his early childhood. Painting was no longer seen through pictures, it became a crucible that could hold all of the artists passions, conflicts, and unrealized dreams. (Encyclopedia.com)Vincent tried first to learn the art works to other artists. When he was 16, he started working as a art dealer at a firm of Goupil & Co. located in Belgium and then went to London. While working in thes...
