From a middle-class family, he had a variety of work until taking to painting in 1881.
Vincent van Gogh
Van Gogh's Starry Night over the Rhone showing mainly dark blue painting with hazy building in front and stars and the moon on dark blue sky with hazy sea to rightVan Gogh: Starry Night over the Rhône Public domain
Vincent van Gogh (March 30, 1853-July 29, 1890). One of the best known, and most influential Post-Impressionist painters, van Gogh led a tortured life. From a middle-class family, he had a variety of work until taking to painting in 1881. His first subjects were mainly still lifes and peasant labourers. He moved to Paris  in 1886, meeting Émile Bernard and Paul Gauguin. In 1888 he moved to Arles where his style changed and he painted local olive groves, wheat fields and sunflowers.