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Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...

Timeline of Events

1901

3.17.1901

An exhibition of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.

1990

5.15.1990

''Portrait of Doctor Gachet'' by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.

1998

11.19.1998

Vincent van Gogh's ''Portrait of the Artist Without Beard'' sells at auction for $71.5 million USD.