Vincent Van Gogh

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh offers readers an intimate glimpse into the mind of one of history’s most iconic artists. This comprehensive collection, based on a fresh and meticulously crafted translation, compiles Van Gogh’s personal letters that span nearly his entire adult life. Through these letters, readers are drawn into Van Gogh's world - a realm of artistic passion,...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's. From the humanistic inspiration behind The Potato Eaters to his long-time obsession with painting the vision that eventually became The Starry Night, the letters in this selection paint an intense personal narrative of his artistic development and creative process across the...

"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...

A beautiful, one-of-a-kind collection of more than 150 of Van Gogh's letters, paired with more than 250 works of art. Vincent Van Gogh wrote hundreds of letters to his brother Theo, as well as to family members and fellow artists including Paul Gauguin and Emile Bernard. In many of them, he described in painstaking detail and beautiful prose the progress...