FILE: 13_Potato Eaters_Van Gogh.jpg

TITLE: PAINTING - The Potato Eaters - POST IMPRESSIONISM

DESCRIPTION: VAN GOGH. Van Gogh TRIGGERS EXPRESSIONISM. Born in Holland, worked in Belgium. Missionary in coal region. Not liked. Taught himself to draw as child. Had sympathy for suffering people of poor coal district. Potatoes food of poor. Went to Parish and painting changed c/o contact w Impressionists & Japanese woodcuts -- starts linear painting.