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Vincent was a troubled soul with a talent for drawing and painting that he did not really develop until his late twenties. This biography focuses on Vincent's life-long relationship with his younger brother Theo, who served as Vincent's sponsor, mentor, and closest friend.
This biography is easy to follow, it is intimate and thorough, and it leaves the reader with a substantially improved understanding of Van Gogh's beautiful work. If there is a fault, it is that the text is intended for a young ...more
This biography is easy to follow, it is intimate and thorough, and it leaves the reader with a substantially improved understanding of Van Gogh's beautiful work. If there is a fault, it is that the text is intended for a young ...more
While I was very interested in the story of the Van Gogh family, which extended way beyond Theo and Vincent I didn't love the way this book was written. It's written as 'galleries' instead of sections and smaller sections are given other painterly names. It's also written very simply although it's material is suitable for older young adults, maybe 8th grade or so, and the subject matter attests to that with talk of whorehouses and the diseases you might catch there. But very short sentences, ver
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