Vincent Van Gogh: A Tortured Artist. Full Biography
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Vincent Van Gogh: A Tortured Artist. Full Biography Details
Vincent Van Gogh: A Tortured Artist. An influential figure in the history of Western art.Unlike most artists, Van Gogh developed very slowly, beginning with work as an art dealer that exposed him to many great works. He undertook this work for several years, after which he spent time as a missionary for the Dutch Reformed Church. Thereafter, he drifted for several years before returning home to his parents' house, where he took up painting, largely self-taught with books on anatomy and painting. His great works all date from the later years of his life.Inside you'll hear about:Early LifeThe First Four Years of CreativityStylistic Developments and InfluencesParisArlesVan Gogh and GauguinHospitalizationLife in an AsylumVan Gogh's DeathAnd much more!Totally neglected in his life, he suffered from psychosis for much of his life and was treated for depression unsuccessfully. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 29, 1890. Only after his death, thanks to the efforts of his brother, Theo, he achieved recognition as a great artist.Listen to Vincent van Gogh's biography right now!
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Short and sweet. Many facts I did not know and I am well read about Van Gogh. What I liked: the many pictures reproduced right after the descriptions of them with the ability to enlarge; the straightforward narrative without a lot of excess verbiage; the chance to read a book quickly in a sitting or two; the new information sympathetically presented. What I did not like: lack of editing...bad grammar and spelling mistakes... I think it was written by someone who is not a native English speaker...; Gratuitous opinions by the author; Sometimes it seemed written like a high school paper; Sometimes difficult to tell which "he" author was talking about when two names were in the same paragraph. All in all, well worth reading and a nice addition to the body of work about Van Gogh.