Provides insight into the life and work of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, discussing the influence of his friends and family on his art, the meanings of his paintings, reaction to his work, and other topics.
A biography of the Dutch painter who was a strange and difficult child, a tortured adult, and whose genius for expressing his artistic vision was not appreciated until after his death.
Presents full-color reproductions of 142 works by Vincent van Gogh with commentary, grouped according to his career's stages in Nuenen and Paris, Arles, Saint-Remy, and Auvers.
