Getting to Know the Worldś Greatest Artists: Vincent Van Gogh

How do you know Vincent Van Gogh was never happy?

• He never laughed

• He told people he was not happy.

• He never smiled in his self-portraits.

• He did not like his smile.

Where was Vincent Van Gogh born?

• France

• England

• United States

• Holland

Which of the following statements is true?

• Vincent Van Gogh tried all of the following jobs....teacher, bookseller, and preacher.

• Vincent Van Gogh tried all of the following jobs....teacher, bookseller, and firefighter.

• Vincent Van Gogh tried all of the following jobs....musician, bookseller preacher.

• Vincent Van Gogh tried all of the following jobs....teacher, bread maker, and preacher.

True or False........Vincent Van Gogh taught himself art.

• True

• False

Van Goghś first paintings were of

• flowers.

• stars in the sky.

• poor people, he had been helping.

• himself.

The colors in his early paintings were dark and sad.

• True

• False

Van Gogh kept using dark colors until he discovered some very colorful ___________.

• Chinese artwork

• paint colors

• flowers

• Japanese artwork

We know a lot about how Van Gogh felt and why he did certain things because

• he wrote a book about himself.

• he would write letters to his brother Theo.

• he wrote letters to his mother.

• he wrote in a journal.

The center of the art world was _________.

• Pompeii

• Rome

• Berlin

• Paris

Van Gogh was always hungry because he was always buying ________ instead of food.

• new clothes

• brushes

• paint

• canvas to paint on