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Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers
with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga,
winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book
acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming
narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another
tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable,
and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius
Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the
Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed
a wealth of previously untapped materials. While drawing
liberally from the artist’s famously eloquent letters, they
have also delved into hundreds of unpublished family
correspondences, illuminating with poignancy the wanderings
of Van Gogh’s troubled, restless soul. Naifeh and Smith bring
a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of
this great artist—his early struggles to find his place in
the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo;
his impetus for turning to brush and canvas; and his move to
Provence, where in a brief burst of incandescent productivity
he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art.

Van Gogh: The Life
By: Gregory White Smith
ISBN13: 9781588360472
Format: EPUB
Language: EN
Pages: 2510