Even though Vincent Van Gogh was mentally ill, he was still one of the greatest artists in history. "Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, exactly one year after his mother gave birth to a stillborn child, when Vincent was born, he was given his dead brother's name (Harrison, 6)." Vincent was extremely different from other people. He was quiet, and he often wandered around. Even his own parents couldn't understand him, they were concerned. Vincent wasn't surrounded by art until his teenage years. He was occasionally in the hospital because he was considered to be mentally ill. Once, he became so angry, he cut off his own left ear lobe and sent it in a handkerchief to a woman named Rachel. One of his greatest paintings was "The Bedroom At Arles," painted in 1888. Vincent always found it hard to form strong relationships with other people, it was extremely...