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The Letters of Vincent van Gogh is a collection of 903 surviving letters written (820) or received (83) by Vincent van Gogh. [1] More than 650 of these were from Vincent to his brother Theo . [ 2 ] The collection also includes letters van Gogh wrote to his sister Wil and other relatives, as well as between artists such as Paul Gauguin , Anthon ...
That love is captured, achingly, in the brothers’ near-constant written correspondence; of the 820 letters by Vincent collected in Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, 651 are addressed to Theo.
In 1934, the novelist Irving Stone wrote a biographical novel of Van Gogh's life titled Lust for Life, based on Van Gogh's letters to Theo. [301] This novel and the 1956 film further enhanced his fame, especially in the United States where Stone surmised only a few hundred people had heard of Van Gogh prior to his surprise best-selling book ...
Van Gogh did not begin painting until his late twenties, and most of his best-known works were produced during his final two years. He produced more than 2,000 artworks, consisting of around 900 paintings and 1,100 drawings and sketches. In 2013, Sunset at Montmajour became the first full-sized Van Gogh painting to be newly confirmed since 1928 ...
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh; Lost works by Vincent van Gogh; P. Portrait of a Man in a Top Hat; Portraits of Vincent van Gogh; V. Early works of Vincent van Gogh
Johanna Gezina van Gogh-Bonger (4 October 1862 – 2 September 1925) was a Dutch editor who translated the hundreds of letters of her first husband, art dealer Theo van Gogh, and Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh-Bonger played a key role in the growth of Vincent van Gogh's posthumous fame.
First edition (publ. Grosset & Dunlap) Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel by Irving Stone about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his hardships. [1] It was Stone's first major publication, and is largely based on the collection of letters between Vincent van Gogh and his younger brother, art dealer Theo van Gogh. [2]
A letter written by Vincent van Gogh and fellow artist Paul Gauguin describing visits to brothels and discussing the future of art has been sold at auction for 210,600 euros ($237,700). The letter ...