Title: Van Gogh
First published: 1996
Description: Traces the brief and troubled life of van Gogh: his birth in a Dutch village, his travels in Belgium and England, his arrival in Impressionist Paris and his discovery of the delights of the south of France, where he died at 37. Shows how, in spite of suffering mental crises and inner turmoil, van Gogh always continued to search for ways of painting that expressed the true essence of his subjects.
Subjects: Painters, Criticism and interpretation, Biography, Gogh, Vincent van,, Children's Books/Young Adult Biography, Juvenile Nonfiction, Children's 12-Up - Biography / Autobiography, Gogh, Vincent van, Children: Grades 4-6, Dutch artists, Art - History, Biography & Autobiography - Art, Invalid Code, Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / History, 1853-1890
Places: Netherlands
People: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)