Top 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Vincent Van Gogh

Despite living a life that was in many ways more modest than most of ours, Van Gogh the painter has become a larger than life figure. His paintings have sold for such high prices, and stories like the removal of one of his ears have completely overshadowed the real person and the true nature of his body of work. Obviously no list can completely convey the entirety of a human being, but it will address a few of the common misconceptions and expand our knowledge of the man and work. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenzn... Help us translate our videos: https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_... - Learn more why you might want to help: https://support.google.com/youtube/an... Find more lists at: http://www.toptenz.net Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Subscribe to our Facebook:   / toptenz   Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Dictatorships CRAZIER than NORTH KOREA    • Top 10 Dictatorships CRAZIER than NORTH KOREA   Top 10 Famous People Who Died In An Airplane Crash    • Top 10 Famous People Who Died In An Airpla...   Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-things-... Coming up: 10. Massive Body of Work 9. Very Late Bloomer 8. As a Teacher 7. Puritans Going to Church 6. Fired from the Clergy for “Excessive Zeal” 5. Brothel Regular 4. Issues with Impressionism 3. Actually Might Not Have Cut His Own Ear Off 2. Lead Poisoning 1. Sold More than One Painting Source/Further reading: http://www.vggallery.com/visitors/008... http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh... https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgbro... http://www.vangoghroute.com/m/england... http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/... http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2005/... http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/09/... http://vangoghletters.org/vg/letters/... http://abcnews.go.com/International/s... http://www.theatlantic.com/health/arc... http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1998... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2014/06... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... http://www.vggallery.com/misc/archive... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi... http://img.uduba.com/uduba.com/user_d...