Could Vincent Van Gogh be considered the first hippy? Could you compare him with

Question:Van Gogh might have displayed some bohemian traits but he certainly wasn't the first artist to do so. As to him being the first hippie? This sounds like a question an art teacher would ask the class to answer.

Van Gogh a hippie type? Not so much as his friend Paul Gauguin. Gauguin I would consider the first hippie artist. It was Gauguin who gave up a lucrative income (as a stock broker / banker) to devote his life to art. It was Gauguin who left his wife and family behind to seek out an unspoiled world (the South Pacific) in which to freely create in. And unlike Van Gogh, who lived off of his brother's money, Paul Gauguin refused to live off of anyone. When he ran out of money he would do all kinds of weird odd jobs to make a little pocket money to keep painting.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Van Gogh might have displayed some bohemian traits but he certainly wasn't the first artist to do so. As to him being the first hippie? This sounds like a question an art teacher would ask the class to answer.

Van Gogh a hippie type? Not so much as his friend Paul Gauguin. Gauguin I would consider the first hippie artist. It was Gauguin who gave up a lucrative income (as a stock broker / banker) to devote his life to art. It was Gauguin who left his wife and family behind to seek out an unspoiled world (the South Pacific) in which to freely create in. And unlike Van Gogh, who lived off of his brother's money, Paul Gauguin refused to live off of anyone. When he ran out of money he would do all kinds of weird odd jobs to make a little pocket money to keep painting.

I think not. Van Gogh was a demented genius.. can't say that for many hippies I've known. They were just simply demented.

No, absolutely not. First of all he did not fight for sexual freedom :-)
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Definately not. There is a huge amount of evidence that he bathed regularly.