On this day, March 30, 1853, Vincent van Gogh was born.
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Mon Mar 30, 2020: Born on this day, March 30, 1853, Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
Self-Portrait, 1889, Musée d'Orsay
Born: Vincent Willem van Gogh; 30 March 1853; Zundert, Netherlands
Died: 29 July 1890 (aged 37)
Sunflowers (F.458), repetition of the 4th version (yellow background), August 1889. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Wheatfield with Crows, 1890. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsənt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] 30 March 1853 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. He was not commercially successful, and his suicide at 37 came after years of mental illness, depression and poverty.
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This is the Music Appreciation group, so let's get to the song about him we all know.
Vincent (Don McLean song)
Cover art of UK vinyl release, also used for the US, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, and New Zealand releases
Single by Don McLean from the album
American Pie
B-side: "Castles in the Air"
Released: February 1972
Music videos
Vincent on YouTube, by Don McLean. (3:58 minutes, with lyrics)
Vincent on YouTube, by Don McLean. Live performance (1972). (3:57 minutes)
Vincent van Gogh's
The Starry Night (1889), described in the song
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Vincent" is a song by
Don McLean, written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is often erroneously titled after its opening refrain, "Starry, Starry Night", a reference to Van Gogh's 1889 painting
The Starry Night.
McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading a book about the life of Van Gogh. It was released on McLean's 1971
American Pie album; the following year, the song topped the UK Singles Chart for two weeks, and peaked at No. 12 in the United States, where it also hit No. 2 on the Easy Listening chart.
Billboard ranked it as the No. 94 song for 1972.
The song makes use mainly of the guitar, but also includes the accordion, marimba, and strings.
In July 2020, the original handwritten lyrics went up for sale for $1.5 million.
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don mclean - vincent
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brett mitchell
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A beautiful song my favourite
Don McLean at the Van Gogh Museum: live performance Vincent (Starry Starry Night)
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Van Gogh Museum
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A surprise performance by Don McLean for the visitors of the Van Gogh Museum, singing all time favourite Vincent (Starry Starry Night), on Sunday 25 August 2019.