Vincent Van Gogh was an important painter of the 19thcentury. He was born in Holland, but he lived much of his life inprefix = st1 /France. He was a very emotional man, and there was much suffering in his life. His style of painting was very different from classical art. He painted pictures of sunny, hot regions ofFrance. He looked for interesting shapes and exciting colours. He liked to work freely and quickly. 

There is a fast movement in many of his paintings. Sometimes the trees look like fire. The sun, the moon, and stars move rapidly in the sky. He also painted pictures of people. 

Like his life, his art was always unusual and very emotional. 

Paul Gauguin was another 19-century painter. He was French and a friend of Van Gogh. Before he became an artist, Gauguin had been a businessman for many years. He made a lot of money, and he likes to buy modern paintings. 

At the age of 354, Gauguin decided to become a painter himself. Gauguin wanted to discover more important things about man. He went to a different part of Franceto live with the farmers. He painted pictures of French country people there. Two years later he went to live in a small place in the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles fromFrance. He wanted to learn about the simple life there. His most famous and interesting paintings were painted at that time.
What kind of artist was Van Gogh?
What country did he paint?
What parts?
What appears to be burning in his work?
Do his paintings have movement?
What moves?
At what speed?
Did he use people for subjects?
Where was he born?
Did he stay there his whole life?
Where did he go?
Did he have a lot of emotion?
Did it show in his work?
Who was his friend?
Was did he do for a living?
What did he do before that?
How old was he when he started painting?
Where did he move to?
Then where?
Which of his works did he create there?
a painter
was an important painter of the 19thcentury
France.
He painted pictures of sunny, hot regions ofFrance.
sunny, hot regions
He painted pictures of sunny, hot regions ofFrance
trees
Sometimes the trees look like fire
Yes
There is a fast movement in many of his paintings.
The sun, the moon, and stars
The sun, the moon, and stars move rapidly in the sky
fast
There is a fast movement in many of his paintings
yes
 He also painted pictures of people. 
Holland
 He was born in Holland
No
 but he lived much of his life inprefix = st1 /France
France
but he lived much of his life inprefix = st1 /France
Yes
 He was a very emotional man
Yes
Like his life, his art was always unusual and very emotional. 
Paul Gauguin
Paul Gauguin was another 19-century painter. He was French and a friend of Van Gogh.
painter
Paul Gauguin was another 19-century painter
had been a businessman
Before he became an artist, Gauguin had been a businessman for many years.
354
At the age of 354
to live with the farmers
He went to a different part of Franceto live with the farmers
a small place in the Pacific
Two years later he went to live in a small place in the Pacific
His most famous and interesting paintings
His most famous and interesting paintings were painted at that time.