description: No artist has been more ruthlessly driven by his creative urge, nor more isolated by it from most ordinary sources of human happiness, than Vincent Van Gogh. A painter of genius, his life was an incessant struggle against poverty, discouragement, madness and despair. Lust for Life skilfully captures the exciting atmosphere of the Paris of the Post-Impressionists and reconstructs with great insight the development of Van Gogh's art. The painter is brought to life not only as an artist but as a personality and this account of his violent, vivid and tormented life is a novel of rare compassion and vitality.
language: English
title: Lust for Life
titlecomplete: Lust for Life
characters: Vincent van Gogh, Theo van Gogh (1857-1891)
genres: Literature, Fiction, Biography Memoir, Art, Art History, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, American, Classics
ratings_count: 27919
publisher: Signet