Painter of the ''Sunflowers''

Recently I was reading an article in''Reader's Digest'' called ''The Last Days Of Vincent Van Gogh''.Van Gogh was a Dutch painter . His friend Henri Toulouse Lautrec had recommended Van Gogh to go to the south of the ancient city of Arles.Arles was the city of hot and bright colours and a mellow sun.Vincent had turned out paintings ''full of Sulphur''.It was the time when Vincent was at his best.He used to work as well as live with his friend and painter Paul Gauguin whom he admired most . Later he had a small fight with Gauguin.Those years many painters such as Edward Degas,Lautrec,Georges Seurat,Camille Pissaro were offering friendship and encouragement to Van Gogh. In Arles Vincent had been showing signs of madness,but the doctors said that he was not mad at all but diagnosed him with ''Meniere's Disease''.A disease that affects the ear.Vincent was sent to an asylum in Auvers.The most remarkable thing is that Van Gogh had completed 36 paintings in71 days.In Auvers ,Vincent had met a man just like him 'Dr.Gachet'.Vincent had painted a portrait of Dr.Gachet .He even painted Dr.Gachet's 19 year old daughter.He painted the famous paintings ''Crows Over The Wheat Field'' and ''Sunflowers''. Van Gogh thought himself to be a burden on his brother Theo so one day he shot himself in his chest and died.Thus the world lost a genius.