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I was thinking about Van Gogh recently I was never really a huge fan of his paintings but I wouldn't say I actively disliked them either It's just never been my thing I found myself thinking about a specific Van Gogh painting which I've since learned is called "Landscape with Snow" I looked it up to see if it still looked as I remembered and it pretty much did But this time, I decided I liked it Oh, my God I can't explain why This all led me to Van Gogh's Wikipedia page I wanted to find out if history considered him primarily a landscape, portrait, or still-life painter He did them all I browsed the page and didn't really find my answer But I did come across the following sentence "Van Gogh was unsuccessful during his lifetime and was considered a madman and a failure." Damn. Damn. I mean, I kinda knew that much about him Wild life, wasn't famous until after he died, etc But even considering all that, I kept going back to that sentence Van Gogh started painting at 27 And only worked for about 9 years before committing suicide And while that's not that long He did make around 900 paintings and 1000 drawings Letras de canciones I guess I say all that to say this As a guy who recently decided he somewhat likes a single painting by Vincent Van Gogh for reasons I can't quite describe, it does make me sad to see a man with mental health issues and a passion for art summed up as an "unsuccessful madman failure" Even if he was in fact financially unsuccessful, and kind of a madman A failure? I dunno I kinda like that "Landscape with Snow", and I'm glad he painted it From Letras Mania