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Van Gogh's Finale: Auvers and the Artist's Rise to Fame
A captivating and definitive account of the final days of Van Gogh's life and the incredible story of what followed.
Divided into three parts, the book first examines the eventful days from the artists’ departure from the asylum in Saint-Remy and arrival in Auvers until the shooting which brought his life to an end. During this time Van Gogh completed 70 paintings in 70 days.
The second part delves deeper into the story of the artist’s death, which has intrigued both experts and the public for years, revealing little-known stories and uncovering overlooked accounts.
We then follow the story of how Van Gogh subsequently rose from relative obscurity to international renown and ultimately fame as one of the most recognisable and popular artists in the world.
Leading Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey writes with insight and intelligence, bringing these fateful days to life with colour and character as well as historical expertise, capturing the real sense of a tragic but meaningful life truly lived.
Divided into three parts, the book first examines the eventful days from the artists’ departure from the asylum in Saint-Remy and arrival in Auvers until the shooting which brought his life to an end. During this time Van Gogh completed 70 paintings in 70 days.
The second part delves deeper into the story of the artist’s death, which has intrigued both experts and the public for years, revealing little-known stories and uncovering overlooked accounts.
We then follow the story of how Van Gogh subsequently rose from relative obscurity to international renown and ultimately fame as one of the most recognisable and popular artists in the world.
Leading Van Gogh specialist Martin Bailey writes with insight and intelligence, bringing these fateful days to life with colour and character as well as historical expertise, capturing the real sense of a tragic but meaningful life truly lived.
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Published November 9, 2021
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December 7, 2021
This is a detailed and beautifully illustrated book about Vincent Van Gogh’s final months in Auvers in 1890. Part 1 describes his arrival, living arrangements, and paintings. Part 2, titled The End, goes into detail about his death and funeral. Part 3 is the rise to fame and what happened to the various paintings. I found the book interesting and informative and enjoyed the read.
November 19, 2021
When I was twenty I purchased a packet of reproductions of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings to decorate the apartment. When I was in my forties, his Sunflower painting inspired my color choice for my Sunflower applique quilt.
I don’t recall when I first saw his work, it seems he was always present in our culture. This year, an immersive experience of his work has been touring around the country and I know quite a few who attended, even in the middle of a pandemic.
It is amazing to consider that he only sold one painting in his lifetime because what he was doing so radically new and disconcerting. Today, his paintings are everyone’s favorites, his story known, from Irving Stone’s novel Lust for Life and the movie made of it, and even from Don McLean’s song Starry, Starry Night. You even see his images in commercials on television.
Van Gogh’s Finale: Auvers and the Artist’s Rise to Fame studies Van Gogh’s last seventy days of life in Auvers and the seventy paintings he accomplished in those days.
After his falling out with fellow artist Paul Gaugin, and his self-mutilation of his ear; after his time in the asylum and several attempts to end his life; Van Gogh traveled to Auvers to recover. Dr. Paul Gachet welcomed him into his circle as part of his supervision of Van Gogh. The artist set up in a cheap room and every morning set out to paint the village and the wheat fields. He also painted the Doctor and his family and their home. His art was a refuge and a therapy. When Van Gogh ran out of canvas, he painted on linen towels!
Gorgeous color illustrations of the paintings bring the text to life as author Martin Bailey discusses the works.
During this time, Van Gogh was visited by, and visited, his beloved brother Theo and his young wife Jo and their baby Vincent Willem. Van Gogh loved them all, so it was hard to see his brother in ill health, Jo tired after childbirth, and perhaps suffering from post-partem depression, and the baby was not thriving and their finances precarious.
The author discusses the huge, unpeopled, wheat fields, the ripe fields being harvested, as symbols of Van Gogh’s feelings of isolation, loneliness, his awareness of mortality. There is discussion over which was his last painting, but one of the last was the Wheatfield with Crows with its ominous, dark sky, the hovering crows black over a wheat field like a tumultuous sea.
If during Vincent’s visit Theo had confided his condition–that he had symptoms of dementia paralytica from terminal syphilis and was failing–could that have precipitated the artist’s action to end his life?
Bailey actually held the rusted remains of the gun found where Van Gogh shot himself and which was perhaps the weapon he used. Having missed his targeted heart, Van Gogh lingered before death, in great pain, smoking his pipe and talking with his friend Dr. Gachet, who sketched his deathbed portrait.
Bailey then turns his attention to Van Gogh’s rising fame, how after Theo’s death, Jo dedicated her life to the work of the men she loved so well, promoting the paintings and finding buyers.
In 2022, the Detroit Institute of Art will present Van Gogh in America. The DIA was the first American museum to purchase a Van Gogh, his 1887 self-portrait. The DIA also owns a painting from Van Gogh’s time in Auvers, Bank of the Oise at Auvers. There will be sixty-five paintings. I can’t wait to see it.
I received a free egalley from the publisher through NetGalley. My review is fair and unbiased.
I don’t recall when I first saw his work, it seems he was always present in our culture. This year, an immersive experience of his work has been touring around the country and I know quite a few who attended, even in the middle of a pandemic.
It is amazing to consider that he only sold one painting in his lifetime because what he was doing so radically new and disconcerting. Today, his paintings are everyone’s favorites, his story known, from Irving Stone’s novel Lust for Life and the movie made of it, and even from Don McLean’s song Starry, Starry Night. You even see his images in commercials on television.
Van Gogh’s Finale: Auvers and the Artist’s Rise to Fame studies Van Gogh’s last seventy days of life in Auvers and the seventy paintings he accomplished in those days.
After his falling out with fellow artist Paul Gaugin, and his self-mutilation of his ear; after his time in the asylum and several attempts to end his life; Van Gogh traveled to Auvers to recover. Dr. Paul Gachet welcomed him into his circle as part of his supervision of Van Gogh. The artist set up in a cheap room and every morning set out to paint the village and the wheat fields. He also painted the Doctor and his family and their home. His art was a refuge and a therapy. When Van Gogh ran out of canvas, he painted on linen towels!
Gorgeous color illustrations of the paintings bring the text to life as author Martin Bailey discusses the works.
During this time, Van Gogh was visited by, and visited, his beloved brother Theo and his young wife Jo and their baby Vincent Willem. Van Gogh loved them all, so it was hard to see his brother in ill health, Jo tired after childbirth, and perhaps suffering from post-partem depression, and the baby was not thriving and their finances precarious.
The author discusses the huge, unpeopled, wheat fields, the ripe fields being harvested, as symbols of Van Gogh’s feelings of isolation, loneliness, his awareness of mortality. There is discussion over which was his last painting, but one of the last was the Wheatfield with Crows with its ominous, dark sky, the hovering crows black over a wheat field like a tumultuous sea.
If during Vincent’s visit Theo had confided his condition–that he had symptoms of dementia paralytica from terminal syphilis and was failing–could that have precipitated the artist’s action to end his life?
Bailey actually held the rusted remains of the gun found where Van Gogh shot himself and which was perhaps the weapon he used. Having missed his targeted heart, Van Gogh lingered before death, in great pain, smoking his pipe and talking with his friend Dr. Gachet, who sketched his deathbed portrait.
Bailey then turns his attention to Van Gogh’s rising fame, how after Theo’s death, Jo dedicated her life to the work of the men she loved so well, promoting the paintings and finding buyers.
In 2022, the Detroit Institute of Art will present Van Gogh in America. The DIA was the first American museum to purchase a Van Gogh, his 1887 self-portrait. The DIA also owns a painting from Van Gogh’s time in Auvers, Bank of the Oise at Auvers. There will be sixty-five paintings. I can’t wait to see it.
I received a free egalley from the publisher through NetGalley. My review is fair and unbiased.
November 22, 2021
I am one of those art lovers that has made the pilgrimage to Auvers-sur-oise, France to visit the town of where Vincent Van Gogh spent the last months of his life. Visiting the simple graves of Vincent and his brother Theo was a stark contrast to the morning I'd spent at the palace of Versailles. The lovely village and church were all recognizable from Vincent's paintings. This latest book by Martin Bailey covers the release of Vincent from an asylum to his arrival in this small town outside of Paris. He rented a room in an Inn but was somewhat under the care of Dr. Gachet. In this time period Vincent painted fields, people, homes and the church. In a stunning feat he created 70 paintings in 70 days.
The author follows Vincent from his arrival, to covering where he stayed and the art he painted while there. Vincent's letters are quoted and used to show his mindset and the work he was creating. I was fascinated to learn that what I thought was the artists final work isn't certain. The largest section of the book deals with the death of Vincent. I read the 2011 book, Van Gogh The Life, which promotes the theory that Vincent was shot but a local youth. Bailey disputes that with his own facts and reasonings including copies of statements from the time. Now I'm back to believing his death is a suicide. Instead of the book ending with Vincent's death it continues with how Theo's widow promotes his work. It also follows some of the providences of different paintings. A lot of the little stories were amazing. Small things like Dr. Gachet owning 30 paintings that today would be worth over 1 billion dollars. I also was impressed with the discussion of forgeries and how works that were accepted as his have since been downgraded and taken from museum walls.
This is third in a series by Bailey (I read the second earlier this year) covering Van Gogh's life. They are readable and well referenced. It includes photos of the art and other things being discussed such as letters, funeral programs, newspaper accounts etc. Bailey has curated exhibits for the Van Gogh museum along with other museums and his credentials and knowledge of Van Gogh shine through on every page. I happily recommend this to any one with an interest in Van Gogh or art in general. Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the temporary eARC in exchange for an honest review.
The author follows Vincent from his arrival, to covering where he stayed and the art he painted while there. Vincent's letters are quoted and used to show his mindset and the work he was creating. I was fascinated to learn that what I thought was the artists final work isn't certain. The largest section of the book deals with the death of Vincent. I read the 2011 book, Van Gogh The Life, which promotes the theory that Vincent was shot but a local youth. Bailey disputes that with his own facts and reasonings including copies of statements from the time. Now I'm back to believing his death is a suicide. Instead of the book ending with Vincent's death it continues with how Theo's widow promotes his work. It also follows some of the providences of different paintings. A lot of the little stories were amazing. Small things like Dr. Gachet owning 30 paintings that today would be worth over 1 billion dollars. I also was impressed with the discussion of forgeries and how works that were accepted as his have since been downgraded and taken from museum walls.
This is third in a series by Bailey (I read the second earlier this year) covering Van Gogh's life. They are readable and well referenced. It includes photos of the art and other things being discussed such as letters, funeral programs, newspaper accounts etc. Bailey has curated exhibits for the Van Gogh museum along with other museums and his credentials and knowledge of Van Gogh shine through on every page. I happily recommend this to any one with an interest in Van Gogh or art in general. Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for the temporary eARC in exchange for an honest review.
November 20, 2021
Van Gogh's Finale is the last volume on Van Gogh's time in France from Martin Bailey and may well be the most interesting. Which is saying a lot since I found the others very good. If you're interested, the others are The Sunflowers are Mine, Studio of the South, and Starry Night.
It has almost become cliché to pronounce how much one likes Van Gogh's work or how often we have visited the museum or walked some part of his own life's path, so many of us have that it really means very little. What it does signify, however, is how deeply and how personally his work has touched so many people. Take any ten of us who admire his work and visited sites, museum or otherwise, just to feel a bit closer, and you'll likely get ten very different ways in which his life and work touched us. And there lies a large part of his popularity.
This volume covers the last days of his life, and the final burst of creativity that produced many of his best works. In addition to the many paintings he produced as many drawings in that time as well. Yet this was how he worked once he became an artist. He seemed to know he would not live a long life so had to paint at almost every moment, or at least be thinking about his next painting.
If you are familiar with the weak, but popularized, theory that he was accidentally shot rather than committed suicide, Bailey presents the evidence that pretty much makes that argument impossible. It is hard to accidentally shoot someone if you've already left town. In addition to that simple fact there are plenty of logical reasons to not believe the other story.
I found particularly fascinating the story of how, after death, he and his work steadily gained in popularity. This section of the book may well be my favorite single section of all four of Bailey's books. Again, I found the rest to be engrossing as well but the reception, popular and critical, just happens to be what grabbed me this time through the book.
I would highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in art in general and in Van Gogh in particular. The writing is very good and the illustrations are great. A beautiful addition to any library.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
It has almost become cliché to pronounce how much one likes Van Gogh's work or how often we have visited the museum or walked some part of his own life's path, so many of us have that it really means very little. What it does signify, however, is how deeply and how personally his work has touched so many people. Take any ten of us who admire his work and visited sites, museum or otherwise, just to feel a bit closer, and you'll likely get ten very different ways in which his life and work touched us. And there lies a large part of his popularity.
This volume covers the last days of his life, and the final burst of creativity that produced many of his best works. In addition to the many paintings he produced as many drawings in that time as well. Yet this was how he worked once he became an artist. He seemed to know he would not live a long life so had to paint at almost every moment, or at least be thinking about his next painting.
If you are familiar with the weak, but popularized, theory that he was accidentally shot rather than committed suicide, Bailey presents the evidence that pretty much makes that argument impossible. It is hard to accidentally shoot someone if you've already left town. In addition to that simple fact there are plenty of logical reasons to not believe the other story.
I found particularly fascinating the story of how, after death, he and his work steadily gained in popularity. This section of the book may well be my favorite single section of all four of Bailey's books. Again, I found the rest to be engrossing as well but the reception, popular and critical, just happens to be what grabbed me this time through the book.
I would highly recommend this to anyone with an interest in art in general and in Van Gogh in particular. The writing is very good and the illustrations are great. A beautiful addition to any library.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
December 3, 2021
No, I am not about to break form and give this author any less than five stars any time soon. I'm not an expert in art (I know what I like, etc) but I don't see the point in assuming there is an author who can present his forensic research so eagerly, so lightly-of-touch, and so authoritatively, where this subject is concerned. This suitably concludes a superlative trilogy bringing the minutiae of the last years of van Gogh to the average commuter-reader and scholar alike. So after a wonderful look at his Arles studio (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), and a middle book concerning the artist's incarceration (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), this is the final spurt of freedom – lolling around with the Gachets, recording the landscapes, flowers and wheatfields of the region north of Paris – and then deciding to shoot himself and stagger home, never to fully recover.
This is once more such a wonderfully readable guide to the months concerned, setting the scene, committing new research and revelations to paper, and being a perfect blend of biography and art appreciation, as every genre of his art in a seventy-works-in-seventy-days period gets a chapter to itself. I don't think I'll be alone in considering this even more laudatory because it has to concern itself with the least powerful output of the three volumes, much of this being on the sketchier, less polished side. It's little wonder, then, the book addresses the instances of fakery in the years since, as it looks at just how the van Gogh name got to be so powerful in the galleries and auction houses. So seldom has a subject received the perfectly matching author; masters both.
This is once more such a wonderfully readable guide to the months concerned, setting the scene, committing new research and revelations to paper, and being a perfect blend of biography and art appreciation, as every genre of his art in a seventy-works-in-seventy-days period gets a chapter to itself. I don't think I'll be alone in considering this even more laudatory because it has to concern itself with the least powerful output of the three volumes, much of this being on the sketchier, less polished side. It's little wonder, then, the book addresses the instances of fakery in the years since, as it looks at just how the van Gogh name got to be so powerful in the galleries and auction houses. So seldom has a subject received the perfectly matching author; masters both.
January 7, 2022
This is a fascinating and absorbing account of Van Gogh’s final weeks. I loved the level of detail about his day-to-day life at Auvers, capturing a sense of a real life, truly lived. This is combined with knowledgeable insight about the astonishing artwork produced over the 70 days, including chronology where possible.
From covering the artist’s final weeks and his death, the text expands from the personal into the wider contribution of Van Gogh within the art world and puts his work in historical and artistic context. It covers how his legacy grew, spurred particularly by his sister-in-law Jo, who must have been an amazing woman. The author examines Van Gogh’s posthumous popularity, leading to fakes, and also the shifting critical opinion of various artworks and the credibility of contributors such as Gachet Junior.
The author is clearly an expert in this subject but wears his knowledge lightly, giving a detailed yet concise and hugely readable account. I appreciated his level-headed insight when discussing, and ultimately dismissing, the murder theory.
Finally, an important point is that this is a visually beautiful book. It is well laid out with high quality, colour images. These include Vincent’s paintings, and also fascinating and well-chosen photos and snippets to support the text. A hard copy is definitely to be desired and one to return to time and again.
An impressive, gorgeous read that anyone with even a slight interest in Van Gogh, or art history in general, will be delighted by.
I received a free review copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest unedited feedback. Thanks to NetGalley and White Lion Publishing.
From covering the artist’s final weeks and his death, the text expands from the personal into the wider contribution of Van Gogh within the art world and puts his work in historical and artistic context. It covers how his legacy grew, spurred particularly by his sister-in-law Jo, who must have been an amazing woman. The author examines Van Gogh’s posthumous popularity, leading to fakes, and also the shifting critical opinion of various artworks and the credibility of contributors such as Gachet Junior.
The author is clearly an expert in this subject but wears his knowledge lightly, giving a detailed yet concise and hugely readable account. I appreciated his level-headed insight when discussing, and ultimately dismissing, the murder theory.
Finally, an important point is that this is a visually beautiful book. It is well laid out with high quality, colour images. These include Vincent’s paintings, and also fascinating and well-chosen photos and snippets to support the text. A hard copy is definitely to be desired and one to return to time and again.
An impressive, gorgeous read that anyone with even a slight interest in Van Gogh, or art history in general, will be delighted by.
I received a free review copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest unedited feedback. Thanks to NetGalley and White Lion Publishing.
November 14, 2021
I adore Van Gogh. In the fall of 2019 I was lucky enough to visit Auvers-sur-oise, France where Vincent spent the last part of his life and is buried. The town itself did not appear to have changed much since Vincent’s time and some of the buildings, like the church, were instantly recognizable from his paintings. This book covers the last 70 paintings (painted in 70 days), his death, and continued legacy. The book is incredibly well researched and has the citations to prove it. I read Martin Bailey’s book Studio of the South, so I knew that this was going to be wonderfully written book. I found the stories absolutely fascinating and I especially found his arguments against the notion that Van Gogh was shot by another to be particularly compelling. In addition to images of Van Gogh’s work there are photographs from the time, images of correspondence, etc. which help to paint a full picture of Van Gogh’s life. I was surprised to learn that about 1/3 of Van Gogh’s works are in private collections and found the information about tracing back the origin of several paintings very interesting. This book probably isn’t for the person casually flip though, but anyone truly interested in the live and death of Vincent Van Gogh will thoroughly enjoy this book.
Thank you to Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion, Frances Lincoln, and NetGalley for the ARC.
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February 4, 2022
3.5 stars
This was a great book and very interesting. I love learning about art and artist's work and life. I definitely learnt alot from reading this book. It covers his few months spent in Auvers before his death and the works he completed there. It was very interesting reading about the very small small room that he lived in and that you can still visit it today. It also covers the controversy over his death. Was it suicide, an accident or a murder. It was amazing to read how her became famous after his death and the amount of fakes that was created of his work. It was great that it was wrote in chronological order. At the end of the book there is a very useful timeline and direction to all the places he painted in Auvers. You could tell this book was well researched and it was very well wrote. The cover is wonderful and really stands out. I loved all the pictures in this book. I always find the impressionist era rather interesting.
Many thanks to the author and publishers for creating such a wonderful and insightful look into Van Goghs final months and an independent look at his works.
This was a great book and very interesting. I love learning about art and artist's work and life. I definitely learnt alot from reading this book. It covers his few months spent in Auvers before his death and the works he completed there. It was very interesting reading about the very small small room that he lived in and that you can still visit it today. It also covers the controversy over his death. Was it suicide, an accident or a murder. It was amazing to read how her became famous after his death and the amount of fakes that was created of his work. It was great that it was wrote in chronological order. At the end of the book there is a very useful timeline and direction to all the places he painted in Auvers. You could tell this book was well researched and it was very well wrote. The cover is wonderful and really stands out. I loved all the pictures in this book. I always find the impressionist era rather interesting.
Many thanks to the author and publishers for creating such a wonderful and insightful look into Van Goghs final months and an independent look at his works.
February 16, 2022
Thank you so much to NetGalley for providing me an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book delves into Van Gogh's later years, beginning at the time he first left the asylum and ending years after his untimely death. Bailey writes an incredibly detailed book, with extensive characterizations of both main figures and mere acquaintances in Van Gogh's life. I especially loved the interspersing of photos throughout- as many of the items and events described in the novel are featured in museums and places scattered across the world, I enjoyed reading about a particular item, like a letter from Van Gogh, and seeing a picture of the item right beside it. The only feature about this book I dislike would be the way the author often adopts Van Gogh's perspective. He'll describe Van Gogh as feeling a certain way or having certain thoughts, and though it's subtly done, I didn't like it much as there really is no way to guarantee that Van Gogh had these emotions or thoughts at the time.
It was a pleasant read overall, and I'd definitely recommend it to any Van Gogh fan. 4 stars.
This book delves into Van Gogh's later years, beginning at the time he first left the asylum and ending years after his untimely death. Bailey writes an incredibly detailed book, with extensive characterizations of both main figures and mere acquaintances in Van Gogh's life. I especially loved the interspersing of photos throughout- as many of the items and events described in the novel are featured in museums and places scattered across the world, I enjoyed reading about a particular item, like a letter from Van Gogh, and seeing a picture of the item right beside it. The only feature about this book I dislike would be the way the author often adopts Van Gogh's perspective. He'll describe Van Gogh as feeling a certain way or having certain thoughts, and though it's subtly done, I didn't like it much as there really is no way to guarantee that Van Gogh had these emotions or thoughts at the time.
It was a pleasant read overall, and I'd definitely recommend it to any Van Gogh fan. 4 stars.
November 16, 2021
Thanks to Quarto Publishing Group – White Lion, Frances Lincoln, and NetGalley for the ARC.
I became interested in Van Gogh's work after watching Vincent and The Doctor (Doctor Who) a few years back.
While I know it wasn't some epic work that sparked my love for his art I'm thankful that it showcased it.
I really enjoyed the amount of research that went into this, it had some compelling arguments on his death.
The images shown really help cement the Van Gogh's legacy. This is definitely a book for some that truly loves Van Gogh's work or someone that wants to learn more about his last days.
I became interested in Van Gogh's work after watching Vincent and The Doctor (Doctor Who) a few years back.
While I know it wasn't some epic work that sparked my love for his art I'm thankful that it showcased it.
I really enjoyed the amount of research that went into this, it had some compelling arguments on his death.
The images shown really help cement the Van Gogh's legacy. This is definitely a book for some that truly loves Van Gogh's work or someone that wants to learn more about his last days.
December 17, 2021
For everyone who has an artistic obsession over Van Gogh's life and painting, this is definitely a book you need to buy!
Such a detailed illustrated book about his final months in Auvers 1890's.
Giving my obsession over Van Gogh, visited the famous museum in Amsterdam dedicated to his works and life, I knew about his arrival, painting, how he came up with his ideas, and living arrangements
The thing it caught me by surprise was part 3 of this book which was his rise to fame and what happened to his most famous paintings 🖼
Totally recommend this one to every painting lover since it's an enjoyable and informative read about Van Gogh's life
Such a detailed illustrated book about his final months in Auvers 1890's.
Giving my obsession over Van Gogh, visited the famous museum in Amsterdam dedicated to his works and life, I knew about his arrival, painting, how he came up with his ideas, and living arrangements
The thing it caught me by surprise was part 3 of this book which was his rise to fame and what happened to his most famous paintings 🖼
Totally recommend this one to every painting lover since it's an enjoyable and informative read about Van Gogh's life
December 4, 2021
Thanks to Netgalley and Publisher for providing the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
The book beautifully describes the life of Van Gogh's to his death including his master pieces and how he created 70 paintings in 70 days. It then shows how he and his arts became renowned and world famous.
If you're a fan of Van Gogh's this is for your collection. Better buy a physical copy to have a good view of his artworks.
The book beautifully describes the life of Van Gogh's to his death including his master pieces and how he created 70 paintings in 70 days. It then shows how he and his arts became renowned and world famous.
If you're a fan of Van Gogh's this is for your collection. Better buy a physical copy to have a good view of his artworks.
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March 13, 2023didn't really read it, just took all the painting cut outs from inside to post them on my wall. doesn't count towards my reading goal.
Not even sure if this is the right book but its about Van Gogh regardless so...
Not even sure if this is the right book but its about Van Gogh regardless so...
November 30, 2021
This speaks about Van Gogh from 1890 to 1891, as the title states, his finale. Martin Bailey did a great job in piecing together that last year of Van Gogh's life and talks also about Vincent, Van Gogh's brother which was also very interesting. This book is great for anyone interested in Van Gogh or in art history, as it touches a lot of material, it has pictures of Van Gogh's work and others who were in Van Gogh's life.
August 24, 2025
Insightful, thorough, and beautiful. Joined with images of Van Gogh's art from this period in his life, Bailey paints an incredible portrait of Vincent's last year of life.
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