17+ Van Gogh: The Life Background. In 1886, he went to paris to. Van gogh's love life was nothing short of disastrous:

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Van gogh worldwide is a collaborative repository of all works by vincent van gogh. He was tired of the paris city life and the cold northern climate. After a spell as a teacher, he became a missionary worker in a poor mining region.

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Van gogh then decided he would become a preacher, and traveled to a small mining town to preach to them. He was attracted to women in trouble, thinking he could help them. By february 1871, they had left the parsonage, the garden, the creek, and the heath forever. The van gogh family celebrated its last zundert christmas that year.