The class of people that van Gogh painted in general were peasants or lower class people.
Any people he knew.
Vincent Van Gogh
Oil paint and brushes.
That is what a dedicated artist does.
He portrayed many of the people he met.
No, he did not.
864 paintings by van Gogh are known.
using a paint brush
The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh.
Van Gogh started to paint only after he felt he mastered the technique of drawing. This was in The Hague period. Van Gogh made a few (bad) sketches when in England.
In 1881.
He paint for his life