Vincent was a common name in the Van Gogh family: his grandfather, Vincent (1789–1… Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in the town of Groot- Zundert in Brabant, a region of The Netherlands close to the Belgian border. The Van Gogh Family Tree Click on the names outlined in blue below to find out more information about that Van Gogh family member. He was a pioneer of Expressionism with enormous influence on 20th century art. He was the oldest surviving child of Theodorus van Gogh, a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Includes all known relatives of Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh's grandfather (born 1789) was also named Vincent van Gogh. Selected Family Tree Includes family members mentioned in the book. He was a quiet, self-contained youth, spending his free time wandering the countryside to observe nature. She describes him as an intellectual, duty-bound man who was awarded prizes and testimo… Johanna van Gogh writes that Johannes "was at first a gold-wire drawer like his father, but he later became a Bible teacher and a clerk in the Cloister Church at The Hague." Some of his paintings are now among the world's best known, most popular and expensive works of art. Van Gogh, the eldest of six children of a Protestant pastor, was born and reared in a small village in the Brabant region of the southern Netherlands. Van Gogh was given the name of his grandfather and of a brother stillborn exactly a year before his birth. Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 into a Dutch Reformed Church family in Groot-Zundert, in the predominantly Catholic province of North Brabant in the Netherlands. Early Life and Family Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. Family Photographs Portraits of the Van Gogh and Carbentus families. Return to main Van Gogh Gallery page According to the artist's first biographer, his sister-in-law Johanna van Gogh, the grandfather was a pastor, and the son of Johanna van der Vin of Malines and Johannes van Gogh. He gives his girlfriend his severed ear and penis in "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High". If you would like to download. The Vincent van Gogh Gallery I have made portraits of a whole family, that of the postman whose head I had done previously--the man, his wife, the baby, the little boy, and the son of sixteen, all characters and very French, though the first has the look of a Russian." He was the oldest child of Theodorus van Gogh (1822–85), a pastor in the Dutch Reformed Community, and … Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist.