Vincent Willem van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life.

What happened to Vincent's paintings after he died?

Following Jo's death in 1925 Vincent and Theo's art collection passed to her son, the engineer Vincent Willem van Gogh, who loaned his uncle's paintings to the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1930. ... Eleven years later the works were moved from the Stedelijk Museum to a specially designed building by Gerrit Rietveld.

How many paintings did Van Gogh sell while he was alive?

Only one painting sold during his lifetime

Van Gogh was never famous as a painter during his lifetime and constantly struggled with poverty. He sold only one painting while he was alive: The Red Vineyard which went for 400 francs in Belgium seven months before his death.