Van Gogh: The Asylum Year

by Edwin Mullins

On May 8, 1889, Vincent van Gogh committed himself to the Saint Paul Asylum in Saint-R my, an isolated estate where he remained as a voluntary patient for a full year. Throughout this time, Van Gogh kept up a continuous correspondence with his brother Theo about his art, mental condition, hopes, and ambitions, along with his despair and sense of failure. His asylum year was Van Gogh's most raw and desperate period, yet also his most creative, producing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910065536
• ISBN13: 9781910065532
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.1"