Weird Fact of the Day: During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, Red Vineyard at Arles

Does that mean that is all he sold while he was alive? Is he one of those artists who became famous after death? He must have been very discouraged to sell only one painting. DonnaZ

Hi Larry Well, you only have to get caught doing it once, and everyone says, "There goes that wanker!"

Hello Larry!

Vincent van Gogh

1 Biography

• 1.1 Early life (1853 – 1869)
• 1.2 Art dealer and preacher (1869 – 1878)
• 1.3 Borinage and Brussels (1879 – 1880)
• 1.4 Etten (1881)
• 1.5 Drenthe and The Hague (1881 – 1883)
• 1.6 Nuenen (1883 – 1885)
• 1.7 Antwerpen (1885 – 1886)
• 1.8 Paris (1886 – 1888)
• 1.9 Arles (February 1888 – May 1889)
• 1.10 Saint-Rémy (May 1889 – May 1890)
• 1.11 Auvers-sur-Oise (May – July 1890)

Hi DonnaZ that's what it means