Van Gogh: A Retrospective tells the story of the great Dutch artist as a single volume has never told it before, illuminating his work with a fascinating selection of primary texts, including some of Van Gogh’s letters. In 125 superb colour reproductions and 103 black and white illustrations, the struggles and triumphs of Van Gogh’s art are surveyed from the early dark landscapes and paintings of Dutch and Belgian labourers to the bright, intense visions of Paris, Arles, Saint-Remy and Auvers, where he took his life. Complementing the works are pertinent photographs from the period and portraits of the artist by Toulouse Lautrec, Emile Bernard, Paul Gauguin and others.