To understand where the importance of Vincent Van Gogh is to me please read the chapter regarding "The Bridge".

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Stephen

Vincent Van Gogh

The great artist Vincent Van Gogh was born in Groot Zundert, in the Netherlands on the 30th of March 1853. His birth came one year to the day after his mother gave birth to her first child who was born stillborn but also named Vincent. There has been much speculation about Vincent Van Gogh suffering later psychological trauma as a result of being a "replacement child" and having a deceased brother with the same name and same birth date. This theory remains unsubstantiated, however, and there is no actual historical evidence to support it.

Vincent Van Gogh passed into the World of Light at 1:30 am on the 29th of July 1890. The Catholic Church of Auvers refused to allow Vincent's burial in its cemetery because Vincent had committed suicide. The nearby township of Méry however, agreed to allow the burial and the funeral was held the 30th the day later.

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