Short answers, pulled from the story.
Vincent van Gogh was born on the 30th of March 1853 in the village of Groot-Zundert. He grew up as the oldest surviving child of a Dutch Reformed Church minister and a woman from a prosperous family in The Hague.
On the evening of the 23rd of December 1888, Vincent van Gogh severed his left ear with a razor during a crisis with Paul Gauguin. He delivered the severed ear in a package to a seventeen-year-old woman named Gabrielle Berlatier at a local brothel.
During his time in Arles, Vincent van Gogh completed 200 paintings and more than 100 drawings and watercolors. This period marked one of his most prolific phases before his mental health declined.
Between 1883 and 1885, Vincent van Gogh lived with Clasina Maria Sien Hoornik, an alcoholic prostitute with a young daughter. They had a son named Willem before the relationship ended in late 1883.
Vincent van Gogh died in the early hours of the 29th of July 1890 after shooting himself on the 27th of July 1890. His last words were reportedly The sadness will last forever.
Vincent van Gogh wrote more than 600 letters to his brother Theo between 1872 and 1890. These letters serve as the most comprehensive primary source on his life and artistic theories.