Any people he knew.
The class of people that van Gogh painted in general were peasants or lower class people.
He only wanted to paint.
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.