van Gogh

[ van goh, gawkh; Dutch vahn khawkh ]

noun

1. Vin·cent [vin, -s, uh, nt, vin-, sent], 1853–90, Dutch painter.

Van Gogh

/ væn ˈɡɒx; vɑn ˈxɔx /

noun

1. Van GoghVincent18531890MDutchARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Vincent (vɪnˈsɛnt). 1853–90, Dutch postimpressionist painter, noted for his landscapes and portraits, in which colour is used essentially for its expressive and emotive value

Example Sentences

Just Stop Oil supporters have thrown soup over two Vincent van Gogh paintings, hours after two activists were given jail sentences for targeting one of the same works of art.

From BBC

Painted in Arles in the south of France in August 1888, van Gogh's painting shows 15 sunflowers standing in a yellow pot against a yellow background.

From BBC

Scientists fascinated by van Gogh's art are not limited to physicists.

From Salon

Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Pablo Picasso all brushed their canvasses with it.

From Science Daily

When the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" in 1889, he did so while staring out a window from his mental asylum room in the French town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence.

From Salon