Vincent Het werk van Vincent van Gogh, een van Nederlands grootste schilders, is over de gehele wereld bekend en geniet een grote populariteit. Grote tentoon- stellingen getuigen hiervan, alsmede de vele publicaties over zijn leven en werk, die geregeld verschijnen. Joost Poldermans, een in Amerika wo- nende Nederlandse schrijver, heeft zich intensief in het leven en werk van zijn landgenoot Van Gogh verdiept en heeft over hem een geïnspireerde biografie in romanvorm geschreven. Van Gogh alle schilderijen 2 delen in slipcase (Nieuw in verpakking) Van Gogh The life S readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miracu- lous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force-an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials. While drawing liberally from the artist's famously eloquent letters, they have also delved into hundreds of unpublished family corre- spondences, illuminating with poignancy the wanderings of Van Gogh's troubled, restless soul. Naifeh and Smith bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist-his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; his impetus for turning to brush and canvas; and his move to Provence, where in a brief burst of incandescent productiv- ity he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his deep immersion in literature and art; his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding the gunshot wound that killed him at the age of thirty-seven. Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, and though the broad outlines of his tragedy have long inhabited popular culture, no serious, ambitious exami- nation of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity tha bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius whose signature images o sunflowers and starry nights have won a permanent plac in the human imagination.