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How old was Vincent van Gogh when they painted 'The Starry Night'?

Vincent van Gogh was 36 years old when they painted 'The Starry Night', on 1 June 1889.

Vincent van Gogh died 29 July 1890 at age 37 — 1 years after this milestone.

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. His suicide at age 37 followed years of mental illness and poverty.

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