Задание

Complete the sentences with the missing words.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch post-impressionist who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 , including around 860 oil , most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, , portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and brushwork that contributed to the foundations of art.

Born into an upper-middle-class family, Van Gogh drew as a child and was serious, quiet, and . As a young man, he worked as an art dealer, often travelling, but became after he moved to London. He turned to religion and spent time as a Protestant missionary in southern Belgium. He drifted in ill health and solitude before taking up in 1881, having moved back home with his parents. His younger brother Theo supported him financially, and the two kept a long correspondence by writing .