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How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges they have been with us from the very beginning.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh
Age: 37 †
Born: 1853
Born: March 30
Died: 1890
Died: July 29
Botanical Illustrator
Draftsperson
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Graphic Artist
Lithographer
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Brooklyn
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