Vincent….  cant you win a cent ?

A few amazing facts about this ‘Lust for Life’ seeker !

• Vincent Van Gogh  completed about 2000 paintings/drawings in ten years.

• He took piano lessons for a short time. However, his teacher forced him to quit when he told the teacher that the piano notes ranged in color from blue to yellow.

• Van Gogh lost approximately ten teeth from sickness and malnutrition while he lived in Antwerp. This was because he preferred to spend his allowance on painting materials rather than on sufficient food.

• He carried red and blue chalk to draw on walls when explaining his theories. Friends would keep extra paper around to spread on tables so he would not draw on the walls and furniture.
 
• The placement of planets and stars in Van Gogh's night skies is of interest to astronomers. They have found that he placed celestial bodies precisely where they should have been when the canvases were painted.

• Van Gogh completed 100 landscapes, 50 portraits, 40 still lifes and approximately 100 drawings when he lived in Arles. This period of his work is characterized by crosshatched brushstrokes.

• His works were signed Vincent because he believed, and rightly so, that Van Gogh was too difficult for people to pronounce.

• Many of his works are not signed because he thought to do so would be arrogant.

• In 1890, Red Vineyard at Arles, the only painting sold during Van Gogh's lifetime, sold for 400 francs.

 ( Fact File courtesy: starrynitescafé.com)