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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> PERHAPS the most beloved and recognizable modern artist Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) unlike any other major painter was also an accomplished writer. His letters provide both a unique self-portrait and a vivid picture of the contemporary cal tural scene and are the most famous of any visual artist. Through them Van Gogh emerges as a complex but captivatning personality struggling with utter integrity to fulfill his artistic destiny. This major new edition which is based on an entirely new translation reinstating a large number of passages ongitted from earlier edi tions is expressly designed to reveal his inner journey as much as the outward facts of his life. Wherever possible it includes com plete letters linked by passages of connecting narrative and show ing all the pen-and-ink sketches that originally went with them. Rarely” writes Ronald de Leeuw in the Introduction “are readers welcomed as wholeheartedly and intimately to the process of creation of truly great art as they are through Van Gogh’s letters. It is thanks to their accessibility that Van Gogh among all the fathers of modern art-C?zanne Gauguin Seurat-has become the most universally loved. His letters are also virtually the only ones of their kind with sufficient intrinsic appeal to be read outside the professional circles of art historian. (MP)