![]() ![]() These letters are outpourings of his soul that paint a vibrant self-portrait in words equal to the intensity and emotion his painting created. He was part of the coterie of great artists of his day while as the same time an intimate of aging streetwalkers. Van Gogh is a man struggling with doubts and fears, beset by poverty and mental illness, but also a painter who dares to break all the rules of academic art to create priceless masterpieces never honored during his lifetime. Here we see the great artist as a human being as well as a man with an appointment with destiny. Irving Stone, acclaimed author of Lust for Life and other remarkable biographic novels, has collected Vincent van Gogh’s fascinating letters to Theo. These letters reveal the man behind such masterpieces as The Starry Night and The Bedroom-a desperate man whose quest for love became a flight into madness and for whom every day was a “fight for life.” ![]() This text is in no way deemed an official. ![]() Vincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artist, bared his tortured yet ecstatic soul in his letters to his confidant and companion, his beloved brother Theo. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh is an anthology of Vincent Van Gogh’s letters to his younger brother. Vincent very often started his letters with a thank you. ![]() “Written from the heart and without restraint, alive.”- The New York Times My dear Theo, Thanks for your kind letter and for the 100-franc note it contained. ![]()
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