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Vincent van Gogh (March 30, - July 29, ) was born on 30 March in Zundert, a village in the southern province of North Brabant. He was the eldest son of the Reverend Theodorus van Gogh ( - ) and Anna Cornelia Carbentus ( - ), whose other children were Vincent's sisters Elisabeth, Anna, and Wil, and his brother Theo and Cor.

Little is known about Vincent's early years other than that he was a quiet child with no obvious artistic talent. He himself would later look back on his happy childhood with great pleasure.

Van Gogh received a fragmentary education: one year at the village school in Zundert, two years at a boarding school in Zevenbergen, and eighteen months at a high school in Tilburg.

Vincent Van Gogh Biography

At sixteen he began working at the Hague gallery of the French art dealers Goupil et Cie., in which his uncle Vincent was a partner. His brother Theo, who was born 1 May , later worked for the same firm. In Goupil's transferred Vincent to London, and two years later Vincent van Gogh - Paintings, Quotes & Death - Biography JAN