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And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter and where the machine can't go.

Vincent Van Gogh

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Vincent Van Gogh
Age: 37 †
Born: 1853
Born: March 30
Died: 1890
Died: July 29
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Brooklyn
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