lite. age 37. from Gogh died in France on July 29, 1890 at a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Early Life Vincent van Gogh was born Vincent Willem van Gogh on March 30, 1853, in austere country His father, Theodorus van Gogh, was an minister, and his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was moody artist whose love of nature, drawing and watercolors was transferred to her son. Van Gogh was born exactly one year after his parents' first son, also named Vincent, was stillborn. At a young age-his name and birthdate already etched on his dead brother's headstone-van Gogh was melancholy. At age 15, van Gogh's family was struggling financially, and he was forced to leave school and go to work. He got a job at his Uncle Cornelis' art dealership, Goupil & Cie., a firm of art dealers in The Hague. By this time van Gogh was fluent in French, German and English, as well as his native Dutch In June of 1873, van Gogh was transferred to the Groupil Gallery in London. There, he fell in love with English culture. He visited art galleries in his spare time, and also became a fan of the writings of Charles Dickens and George Eliot. He also fell in love with his landlady's daughter, Eugenie Loyer. When she rejected his marriage proposal, van Gogh suffered a breakdown. He threw away all his books except for the Bible, and devoted his life to God. He became angry with people at work, t customers not to buy the "worthless art," and was eventually fired