Vincent van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created more than 2,000 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life.
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He was born in Amersfoort about 40 kilometres south of Amsterdam. There is a museum here today in his childhood home dedicated to his life and work.
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Every year thousands of followers of the Hindu god Krishna make a pilgrimage to the town of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh to celebrate his birth nearly 3,500 years ago…
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Leighton House in Holland Park , London , was the home of Frederic Leighton, a leading Victorian artist , orientalist and collector.
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The Mesjid Al-Aqsa is the city’s most important mosque, founded in 1549. Try to be in Kudus on a Friday when the area is teeming with families on their way to pray. Religious and political statues, pictures and knick knacks are sold just outside the mosque.
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