"Written from the heart and without restraint, alive."--The New York Times
Vincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artist, bared his tortured yet ecstatic soul in his letters to his confidant and companion, his beloved brother Theo. These letters reveal the man behind such masterpieces as The Starry Night and The Bedroom--a desperate man whose quest for love became a flight into madness and for whom every day was a "fight for life." Irving Stone, acclaimed author of Lust for Life and other remarkable biographic novels, has collected...
"Written from the heart and without restraint, alive."--The New York Times
Vincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artis...
Vincent van Gogh is one of the world's most famous artists. Throughout his life, he wrote to his younger brother, Theo, about his colorful, dynamic paintings. This book pairs the artist's paintings with his own words.
Van Gogh's descriptions, arranged as a simple rhyme, introduce young readers to all the colors of the rainbowand beyond. The descriptive words combine with spectacular reproductions of many of the artist's most beloved and important works to create a perfect art book for young and old alike.
Vincent van Gogh is one of the world's most famous artists. Throughout his life, he wrote to his younger brother, Theo, about his colorful, dynamic pa...
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
'Conversations with Van Gogh' is an imagined conversation with this remarkable figure. But while the conversation is imagined, Van Gogh's words are not; they are all authentically his. ' Vincent van Gogh is best known for two things - his sunflowers and his ear-cutting. But there are many other ways of knowing this remarkable son of a Dutch pastor, who left his chill homeland for the sunshine of Arles in the South of France; and left us over a thousand frank letters of struggle and joy, to help us glimpse his inner world. Vincent came late to painting after spending time in London trying to...
'Conversations with Van Gogh' is an imagined conversation with this remarkable figure. But while the conversation is imagined, Van Gogh's words are no...
Painted in 1889 while Van Gogh was in a sanatorium in Saint-Remy, France, Starry Nights is one of the artist's most important works. Now you can carry this masterpiece with you at all times with this compact notebook. Sixty-four blank pages are ready for whatever you want to record, from phone numbers to birthdays.
Painted in 1889 while Van Gogh was in a sanatorium in Saint-Remy, France, Starry Nights is one of the artist's most important works. Now you c...
"There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. Auden
In addition to his many remarkable paintings and drawings, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) left behind a fascinating and voluminous body of correspondence. This highly accessible book includes a broad selection of 265 letters, from a total of 820 in existence, that focus on Van Gogh's relentless quest to find his destiny, a search that led him to become an artist; the close bond with his brother Theo; his fraught relationship with his father; his innate...
"There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. Auden
In Van Gogh Reconstructed, the artist and poet Paul takes eight works by Vincent Van Gogh (Bedroom in Arles, Cafe Terrace at Night, Irises, Landscape at Saint-Remy, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, Sunflowers, The Potato Eaters, and The Starry Night) and abstracts them through pixelation to reveal average color distributions over given areas of the image, from the entirety of the painting as one solid color to a "full resolution" image of the painting. Through these eleven stages of resolution, attention is called to the question of...
In Van Gogh Reconstructed, the artist and poet Paul takes eight works by Vincent Van Gogh (Bedroom i...
Vincent van Gogh (1853 90) was a Post-Impressionist master and now his world-famous sunflowers can inspire your everyday life. Fill the 64 blank pages of this inexpensive notebook with phone numbers, important dates, bright ideas, appointments, or anything else you want to keep handy. Or, if you're feeling artistic, use it as a mini-sketchbook that will fit in your pocket."
Vincent van Gogh (1853 90) was a Post-Impressionist master and now his world-famous sunflowers can inspire your everyday life. Fill the 64 blank pages...
