A new selection of post-impressionist painter Vincent Van Gough's letters, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh put a human face on one of the most haunting figures in modern Western culture. In this Penguin Classics edition, the letters are selected and edited by Ronald de Leeuw, and translated by Arnold Pomerans in Penguin Classics.
Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent van Gogh's, and this selection, spanning his artistic career, sheds light on every facet of the life and work of this complex and tortured man. Engaging candidly and movingly with his religious struggles, his ill-fated search for love, his attacks of mental illness and his relation with his brother Theo, the letters contradict the popular myth of van Gogh as an anti-social madman and a martyr to art, showing instead a man of great emotional and spiritual depths. Above all, they stand as an intense personal narrative of artistic development and a unique account of the process of creation.
The letters are linked by explanatory biographical passages, revealing van Gogh's inner journey as well as the outer facts of his life. This edition also includes the drawings that originally illustrated the letters.
Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was born in Holland. In 1885 he painted his first masterpiece, The Potato Eaters, a haunting scene of domestic poverty. A year later he began studying in Paris, where he met Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Seurat, who became very important influences on his work. In 1888 he left Paris for the Provencal landscape at Arles, the subject of many of his best works, including Sunflowers.
If you enjoyed The Letters of Vincent van Gogh, you might also like 100 Artists Manifestos, available in Penguin Modern Classics.
'If there was ever any doubt that Van Gogh's letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation, Cellini's autobiography and Delacroix's journal, this excellent new edition dispels it'
The Times
The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
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This edition of The Letters of Vincent van Gogh offers an intimate portrait of one of art’s most compelling figures, revealing the emotional, spiritual, and creative depths behind his paintings. Selected and edited by Ronald de Leeuw, the letters trace Van Gogh’s struggles with faith, love, mental illness, and his profound bond with his brother Theo, challenging the myth of the isolated, tormented genius.
Spanning his artistic life, the letters illuminate Van Gogh’s development as an artist and his relentless search for meaning. Linked by biographical commentary and accompanied by the drawings originally included in the correspondence, the collection becomes both a personal narrative and a unique record of the creative process.
Together, these writings show Van Gogh not only as a visionary painter but as a thoughtful, articulate observer of the world—one whose inner life was as vivid and complex as his art.
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- Author: Vincent Van Gogh
- Language: Angļu valoda
- Year of publication: 1997
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
- Cover type: Soft cover
- Number of pages: 560
- product.Svars: 0.380 kg
- ISBN code: 9780140446746
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