Van Gogh is one of the worlds most famous artists but he wasn’t successful in how own lifetime. According to the Van Gogh Museum, nobody really knows how many paintings Van Gogh sold whilst still alive but it was more than one.
Below is a scene from the series ‘Dr Who’. It shows an imaginary scene where the Doctor takes Vincent Van Gogh into a gallery in Paris. It highlights how surprised Van Gogh would be if he knew how famous he had become after his death.