The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781101489499 (1101489499)
Publish date: March 1st 1998
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 560
Edition language: English
About This EditionTranslator's NoteIntroductionBiographical Outline--Early Letters--Ramsgate and Isleworth--Dordrecht--Amsterdam--The Borinage--Etten--The Hague--The Hague, Drenthe and Nuenen--From Nuenen to Antwerp--Paris--Arles--Saint-Rémy--Auvers-sur-OiseBibliographyIndex
Mark Rylance and Julius D'Silva read from a new edition of Van Gogh's prodigious correspondence.This selection illustrates the artist's contradictions and complexities: his self-doubt and his passionate ambition; his close bond with his brother Theo; and his sometimes troubled relationships with oth...
I first began my reading of these letters as a way to learn more about the art process, the way to creation coming from the mind of such a gifted artist such as Vincent Van Gogh. I also was interested in his life, his story, and how he got to this end. Personal letters seem to be so much more profi...