... for the good of others and the pleasure of expressing his artistic vision by means of pencil and brush, remained with Vincent until he died. Before the great artist was born, Anna had a son, the first Vincent Willem, but he was dead at birth. Often, Anna would take little Vincent with her to visit his brother's grave. This was one of the ways thoughts of death came to him. He would wonder about the meaning of death and influenced a lot of his later art works. Vincent was the eldest out of all his brothers and sisters. His brother, Theodorus, was the closest sibling to Vincent and he often sent his brother letters regarding his thoughts and philosophies of life. As a young boy, Vincent would take many long walks in the country side, instead of playing with his siblings. He was a good observer and colours of nature fascinated ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now