There is usually one and the same answer to those questions 'Why did XXX become an artist?' Because they felt they had the talent and the urge. It is as simple as that!
Vincent Van Gogh
Painting.
Painting.
Painting.
June 1889 is when Vincent Van Gogh finished painting The Starry Night.
In the van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
His accomplishments were painting. That is what he did.
He did not tell us.
Yes, it was.
Oil painting, drawing.
vincent van gogh
The person who painted Starry Night was, Vincent Van Gogh. He painted it during his stay at Saint Paul - de - Mausole in France (a psychiatric hospital). He painted it in order to express his emotions as he was down and hurting.