A framed painting by Vincent van Gogh entitled "Still Life with Absinthe".

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March 1853 to 29 July 1890) was a post Impressionist painter of Dutch origin whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold color. Van Gogh began to draw as a child, and he continued to draw throughout the years that led up to his decision to become an artist. He did not begin painting until his late twenties, completing many of his best known works during the last two years of his life. In just over a decade, he produced more than 2,100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. His work included self portraits, landscapes, still lifes, portraits and paintings of cypresses, wheat fields and sunflowers.