Vincent Van Gogh: A Biography

by Julius Meier-Graefe

Book Overview

From Van Gogh's letters and from the implications of his paintings, Meier-Graefe has drawn the materials for this dramatic interpretation of the life of the Dutch post-impressionist whose disordered... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486252531
• ISBN13: 9780486252537
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Wonderful Biography

I just finished this excellent biography this afternoon. After reading Stone's Lust for Life, I was curious to read a regular biography about Van Gogh. This is not exactly a "regular" biography, but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. Meier-Graefe blurs the line between historical fiction and biographical nonfiction. The result is really fantastic. I felt like I got a sense of Van Gogh's tortured soul, his complex relationships (with his brother, with Gauguin..), and how it all worked together to create his art.