Rejected in their day by painters; critics; and collectors; the visions of Vincent Van Gogh now rank among the most beloved and influential works in the history of Western art. The artist sold only a single painting in his lifetime; despite an abundant oeuvre of more than 2;000 artworks. Today his paintings fetch tens of millions at auction; and visitors from around the world flock to Amsterdams Van Gogh Museum. The artists life of grinding poverty; his severe mental illness; and the derision of his contemporaries combined to form a romantic ideal of the tortured artist. Twenty-three years after Van Goghs suicide; in the wake of his slowly growing fame; the painters sister published this memoir. An intimate view of the artists life; art; and philosophy; the book is illustrated with reproductions of several of Van Goghs most characteristic works; including portraits and landscapes.
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