I used the site: https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890/vincents-final-months 

Vincent was born in Zundert, Netherlands to parents and later on 3 sisters and 2 brothers.  after finishing elementary he went to secondary school at 13, however, he quit halfway through. After he quit he got a job from his uncle as an art dealer. Not until 21 did he realize that loved art, and he traveled with an art firm. After getting dismissed from that job he bounced around from job to job until in 1881 he started taking drawing and painting lessons. His family did not support his choice to become an artist and especially resented him after he fell in love with his widowed cousin. A few years later He moved back in with his parents and continued to create artwork. He continued to move around cities and developed his style with bright colors. Vincent moved in with a fellow artist Gauguin and they made art together their break up was what possessed him to cut off his ear and why he fell mentally ill, although he did keep on painting through it all. He spent a year in a mental institution before he moved to the countryside and eventually committed suicide.