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Painting it was hard graft... in addition red, yellow, brown ochre, black, terra sienna, bistre, and the result is a red-brown that varies from bistre to deep wine-red and to pale, blond reddish.

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
Drawer
Etcher
Graphic Artist
Lithographer
Painter
Printmaker
Brooklyn
New York
Vincent Willem van Gogh
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Fan-kao
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Wensheng Fangu
Fan-ku
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Fan'gao
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Wine
Blond
Result
Dissatisfaction
Deep
Vary
Painting
Addition
Sienna
Results
Pale
Reddish
Black
Yellow
Terra
Hard
Brown
Graft
Red
Varies

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