Van Gogh

What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - The Quiet Storm
2. Chapter Two - Sketches of the Soul
3. Chapter Three - Brother, Patron, Lifeline
4. Chapter Four - Paris – Light Meets Color
5. Chapter Five - Arles – Yellow House, Red Flags
6. Chapter Six - The Madness and the Masterpieces
7. Chapter Seven - Auvers and the End of the Line
8. Chapter Eight - Posthumous Explosion
9. Chapter Nine - The Artist as Myth

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE The Quiet Storm VINCENT VAN GOGH was born on March 30, 1853, in the small Dutch village of Zundert — but he was not the first Vincent. A year to the day before, his parents had lost a stillborn child they also named Vincent. Same name. Same birthday. Same graveyard he’d walk past as a boy. That’s not a metaphor — that’s just how it began. His father was a Protestant pastor. His mother, a woman of discipline and tradition. Vincent, from early on, was neither. He was sensitive, withdrawn, and intense. He didn’t make friends easily. He didn’t smile often. But when he looked at something, he really looked — like it might be hiding a secret only he could uncover. His early life...