1882

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 does a study on drawing with Mauve.

Van Gogh makes his first independent watercolor and painted studies in the summer of 1882. His uncle Cornelis Van Gogh commissions him to produce 12 views of The Hague. Vincent scandalizes his family when he takes his model, a pregnant unmarried prostitute named Sien Hoornik, and her young daughter into his household. The only thing they had in common was their shared misery. For a short time he seemed quite happy with her, even though he contracted gonorrhea during this time.


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