The Dutch Post-Impressionist, Vincent Van Gogh is arguably best known for his iconic battle with mental illness. Such issues have been …show more content…
These are only a few health problems that Van Gogh is thought to have had, these are important to note in this essay on identity as they reflect the artist directly and perhaps influence certain artwork to be produced, there are many reports that painting levelled his emotions, it would be wise to note that Van Gogh was only producing art from the last decade of his life (roughly 1880-1890), which provides us with an insight into both the positive and negative emotions of the