Vincent Van Gogh: His Life, His Work

by Jean-Jacques Lévêque

Vincent Van Gogh began painting at the age of twenty-seven. In the ten short years that remained of his life, he created over one hundred and eight paintings, and just as many drawings. He worked at painting, as one might enter a religious order; driven by an intense inner calling. Van Gogh's correspondence reveals that he was erudite and of a surprisingly acute spirit. In 1886 he arrived with his dark palette in Paris. That same year La Grande Jatte was painted with the influence of Impressionism.

192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1998