amys+biography

Birth name: Vincent Willem van Gogh. Born: 30 March 1853 Zundert Netherlands. Died: 29 July 1890 (aged 37).

CHILDHOOD As a child, Vincent was silent and thoughtful. He attended the Zundert village school that had around 200 pupils in his class. He and his sister Anna were taught at home by a governess, from 1861 until 1 October 1864. when he went away to the elementary boarding school of Jan Provily he didn't want to leave home even as an adult.On 15 September 1866, He went to the new middle school Willem II College in Tilbur. ADULTHOOD When Vincent wanted to be an artist he was a book clerk in his hometown Zundert in Holland. In 1886 Vincent went to Paris to study art and while he was there he studied with some famous artists called Pissarro, Monet and Gauguin. Some of Vincent's most famous paintings are called Sun flowers, Starry night, Potato eaters,irises and before and after. Once when Vincent was deeply in love Vincent cut off a part of his left ear lope because he wanted to give it to her as a present. One day vincent got sick and his doctor Dr Felix Rey put him on a drug called digitalis that makes his see yellow sometimes sees yellow in his pictures

HOW DID VINCENT VAN GOGH DIE???? Vincent tried to commit suicide by shooting himself but it wasn't successful.


 * //Thanks Amy. You've done an excellent job here.// //I think this is a Level 3 Biography// (Have a look at the matrix on the biography page)

//In terms of next steps for writing a biography, I think you need to consider the following to move into a Level 4://

Purpose:** You've done a through job of the background. Your next step is to explain to us (the reader) why he so important in the art history world. Possibly need a little more about his influences too, especially that he suffered mental illness. Also needs a proper conclusion.
 * Text Organisation:** This is good. You've sequenced well by using sub-headings. The information at the top should really have been included as sentences, for example Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands.
 * Language Features**: Pretty good here, just a couple of surface features issues to look at, capitals and fullstops etc.