Vincent van Gogh, an impressionist painter who was born in the Netherlands and died at the age of 37 in France, is one of the world's most influential artists. Although he never became famous during his lifetime, his paintings and other artwork thankfully live on in art museums around the world, including the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, where his string doll likeness can be found in the gift shop. It really is true: Vincent inspires creative genius.
