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Vincent Willem Van Gogh
Dutch painter, born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlands; died July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France.
Associated eponyms:
Münchhausen's syndrome
A type of malingering or factitious disorder in which the patient, usually a vagrant, wander from hospital to hospital, feigning severe illness of dramatic and emergency nature in order to be admitted.
Biography:
Vincent van Gogh is considered the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists.
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