Vincent Willem van Gogh, the Dutch post-impressionist painter, is easily among the most famous and influential figures in the history of western art.
In just over a decade, he created about 2100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. He is credited for having laid the foundations of modern art.
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