Review: 1/2 hour Van Gogh  ... 1/2 author background
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 30, 2012
First 23℅ selling me on why I should read this book, and last 20℅ is the author's bio .As for fun filled facts, I totally missed that. Interesting information about Van Gogh's life,  but such a sadness.Unable to support himself  kicked out by his parents supported by his brother, sent to an asylum when epilepsy effected his life and either murdered by bullies, or committed suicide.  Not my ideal of fun .  He discovered the need to create art but did not live to see it appreciated. Still was a pioneer in use of color and brush strokes.I went into this having forgot most of what I had studied guess I am glad to have stuck thru the extra long sales pitch (totally unneeded after having purchased ).. -Without learning So Much about the author it could have been a ''Van Gogh in a half hour'' ...