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Van Gogh
The Life
Hardcover, 953 pages, Random House, List Price: $40 | purchase
Book Summary
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for biography for Jackson Pollock, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith present an in-depth, accessible profile that draws on newly available primary sources to provide revisionist assessments of the influential artist's turbulent life and genius works.
Awards and Recognition
2 weeks on NPR Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List
Genres:
This book is about:
- Gogh, Vincent van,
- Netherlands,
- Biography,
- Psychology,
- Artists
NPR stories about Van Gogh
Best Books Of 2011
The Lives Of Geniuses: Five Brilliant Biographies
The stereotype of the brilliant, tortured artist exists for a reason — unfortunately, genius and mental illness often go hand in hand. That was definitely the case for Vincent van Gogh. Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith call him "a wayward, battered soul: a stranger in the world ... an enemy to himself." The authors do a brilliant job following the Dutch painter's career, from the line drawings of his youth to the post-impressionist masterpieces that changed the world of art forever.... more
—Michael Schaub
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