2. Van Gogh was born in a Protestant pastor's family in the Dutch village of Dherdt on March 30th, 853. In his early years, he worked as a shop assistant, business agent and missionary in a mining area. Finally, he devoted himself to painting. His early painting style was realistic, influenced by Dutch traditional painting and French realistic painting school. 1886, he came to Paris, met impressionist and neo-impressionist painters, and got in touch with Japanese ukiyo-e paintings. The expansion of his vision has greatly changed his painting style. 1888, he came to arles, a small town in the south of France, and wrote The Suspension Bridge in arles; In the same year, I got in touch with the painter paul gauguin, but the cooperation soon failed due to their personality conflicts and differences in ideas. Since then, Van Gogh's madness (some people recorded it as "epilepsy") often broke out, but he still insisted on painting when he was conscious. 1889 Write starry night. 1890 In July, Van Gogh was insane and shot himself at the age of 37.