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questionamyer
questionamyer
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High School - 9th Grade

How many kids did Vincent Van Gogh have?

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Posted by questionamyer on Friday October 9, 2009 at 8:18 AM and tagged with arts, vincent van gogh.

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  1. jseligmann Teacher
    High School - 11th Grade

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    Van Gogh had no children of his own.

    However, in 1882, after he had to leave his home in Etten, he moved to The Hague and lived in a small studio with a prostitute named Sien Hoornik. She already had a four-year-old child named Maria. Later that same year, Sien gave birth to a boy named Willem. Although, like Maria, Willem was not Van Gogh's biological offspring, he was happy to have these two children. But by 1883, the relationship between Sien and Vincent deteriorated and fell apart. There is no further evidence that Van Gogh had any other children.

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    Posted by jseligmann on Friday October 9, 2009 at 11:11 AM

  2. violetb
    violetb Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

    He had no children.

    In 1882 Vincent moved into a small studio in The Hague with a pregnant prostitute, Clasina Maria Hoornik ( Sien ) and her five year old daughter.

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    Posted by violetb on Friday October 9, 2009 at 7:32 PM