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Van Gogh (spend) his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers and (travel) between The Hague, London and Paris, after which he (teach) in England. An early vocational aspiration (be) to become a pastor and preach the gospel, and from 1879 he (work) as a missionary in a mining region in Belgium. During this time he (begin) to sketch people from the local community, and in 1885 (paint) his first major work The Potato Eaters. His palette at the time (consist) mainly of sombre earth tones and (show) no sign of the vivid coloration that distinguished his later work. In March 1886, he (move) to Paris and (discover) the French Impressionists. Later he (move) to the south of France and (be taken) by the strong sunlight he (find) there. His work (grow) brighter in color and he (develop) the unique and highly recognizable style which (become) fully realized during his stay in Arles in 1888.

(Source: “Vincent van Gogh” Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh on August 11, 2010)