"If ever there was any doubt that Van Gogh's letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation, Cellini's autobiography and Delacroix's journal, this excellent edition dispels it." —The Times (London) "Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all." Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent Van Gogh's, and the selection included here, spanning the whole of his artistic career, sheds light on every facet of the life and work of this complex and tortured man. Engaging candidly and movingly with his religious struggles, his ill-fated search for love, his intense relationship with his brother Theo and his attacks of mental illness, the letters contradict the popular image of Van Gogh as an anti-social madman and a martyr to art, showing instead that he was capable of great emotional and spiritual depths. Above all, they stand as an intense personal narrative of artistic development and a unique account of the process of creation. The letters are linked by explanatory biographical passages, revealing Van Gogh's inner journey as well as the outer facts of his life. This edition includes the drawings that originally illustrated the letters. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Penguin Classics)

Arts & Photography

VAN GOGH, Vincent

History & Criticism

Penguin Classics

Irving Stone has edited the letters of Vincent van Gogh in such a way as to retain every line of beauty, significance, and importance. Each night, when the hours of painting and drawing were over, Vincent van Gogh put pen to paper and poured out his heart through letters to his beloved brother Theo, his confidant and companion. No thought was too small, no element of his craft too insignificant, no happening too trivial. It was all scrupulously recorded and shared. In these letters, Van Gogh reveals himself as artist and man. Even more than if he had purposely intended to tell his life story, Van Gogh's letters lay bare his deepest feelings, as well as his everyday concerns and his views of the world of art. Irving Stone has edited the letters of Vincent in such a way as to retain every line of beauty, significance, and importance. ''It is my humble opinion that Vincent was as great a writer and philosopher,'' Stone says, ''as he was a painter.''

Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh

Biographies & Memoirs

Irving Stone (ed.)

Arts & Literature

DOUBLEDAY

This choice selection of beautifully reproduced drawings spans the full length of van Gogh's brief but prolific career. The works range from his early impressions of peasant life to drawings that served as studies for the great canvases he painted at the close of his life, including Landscape with Cypresses and Starry Night. Van Gogh's quest to be "alone with nature" and with those whose lives were close to the land took him first to the desolate reaches of northern Holland and ultimately to the sunlit fields and villages of southern France. The drawings presented in this book record the life, the land, and the people he encountered; familiar images to us through his paintings, yet startlingly fresh in these lesser-known works in another medium. Themes include peasants in their fields and cottages, village gardens, fishing boats, the postman Roulin, a drawbridge, fields of grain, a self-portrait, the house he lived in, the room he slept in, and the courtyard of the hospital in Arles. Van Gogh Drawings offers a beautiful and stirring collection of work, one that clearly displays the artist's powerful affinity for the drawing medium. During the last six years of his life, his most productive period, van Gogh produced approximately 700 drawings and 800 paintings. Virtually unknown at his death, he had sold only one of this astonishing number of works. Now, a century later, they number among the most universally admired and prized of man’s creative achievements. The drawings presented here, chosen from museums and private collections around the world, dramatically record the brief journey of his life and the unfolding of his genius. The captions, which draw heavily upon information provided by Jan Hulsker in The Complete Van Gogh, list subject, date, medium, dimensions (in centimeters, height before width), and the institutions in which they are located. 44 black-and-white illustrations.

Van Gogh Drawings: 44 Plates (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

Individual Artists

Dover Publications

Few artists command the worldwide attention and esteem of Vincent van Gogh, whose landscapes, flower paintings, and portraits, so startlingly rendered, linger in the imagination. Here are six of his finest paintings, including a famous self-portrait and a memorable still life of irises. All have been finely reproduced in full color, ready to share with friends on any occasion.

Six Van Gogh Cards (Dover Postcards)

These 18" x 24" sheets reproduce, in collage format, arresting details from 92 paintings by the Dutch master. Appropriate for assorted gifts and all occasions, the 2 full-color 18" x 24" sheets of the same design come with 3 matching gift cards. Shrink-wrapped in a sturdy 9¼" x 12¼" folder.

Van Gogh Paintings Giftwrap Paper

Two dozen of the great Dutch artist's most famous works, reproduced in card format: Starry Night, Roulin the Postman, The Night Café, Bouquet of Sunflowers, Self-Portrait with Pipe, L'Arlésienne, Boats on a Beach at Saintes-Maries, The Church at Auvers, and 16 others. Lovely reproductions in miniature for framing, bookmarks, or brief messages.

Van Gogh Paintings: 24 Cards (Dover Postcards)

Widely regarded as the greatest and most revolutionary of Dutch artists after Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh (1835–1890) produced hundreds of drawings and oil paintings during his brief career as an artist. Often employing violently interacting colors and forms in his work, he exerted enormous influence on the art world of his era. This excellent collection of 16 expressionistic masterpieces painstakingly reproduced in sticker format recalls van Gogh's brilliant legacy. Included are Sunflowers, The Bridge at Langlois, The Postman Roulin, The Church at Auvers, Vincent's Chair, Café Terrace by Night, Siesta, La Berceuse, Self-Portrait with Gray Hat, Portrait of Dr. Gachet, and six others.

Van Gogh: 16 Art Stickers (Dover Art Stickers)

Whether writing a shopping list or a poem, art and flower lovers will find this handy, inexpensive, and beautiful pocket-sized notebook irresistible. Its front and back covers are adorned with a full-color reproduction of van Gogh's 1889 floral masterpiece Irises. Blank pages.

Van Gogh Notebook

Four paintings adapted as "body art" include Self-Portrait, Bouquet of Sunflowers, The Church at Auvers, and Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear.

Van Gogh Art Tattoos (Dover Tattoos)

Vincent van Gogh evolved a vibrant technique, characterized by bold, slashing strokes. This collection of bookmarks includes details from 12 of his most revolutionary works, among them Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, Sunflowers, Starry Night, Café Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, At Night, Irises, The Night Café, and Portrait of Doctor Gachet.

Twelve Van Gogh Bookmarks (Dover Bookmarks)

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