1864

This is a timeline of Van Gogh's life, from the 30th of march 1853, when he was born, to the 29th of juli 1890, when he commits suicide.
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Vincent is on a boarding school with teacher Provily in Zevenbergen.

Vincent was sent to boarding school in Zevenbergen at the age of 11 after spending three years at the local school in Zundert. His parents, though not wealthy, wanted their son to continue his education at a better school than the one in Zundert. At Zevenbergen, under the tutelage of Provily, he learns to speak and write French, English and German and gets his first exposure to drawing. However, in March 1868, he terminates his formal education when he abruptly abandons his studies in the middle of the academic year and returns to Zundert.


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