Vincent Van Gogh: His Life and Works

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most important foundin figures in modernism. This volume describes the dramatic life and eccentric personal development during the artist’s short period of work as well as the social and artistic context of his pictorial inventions that remain so vivid to this day. As the book elucidates the shocking innovations of Van Gogh’s artistic language, readers gain access to the foundations of modern painting.