"The true story of the relationship between brothers Theo and Vincent van Gogh"-- The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Heiligman draws on the letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime to weave a tale of two lives intertwined as Theo supported Vincent's struggles to...

Draws on newly available primary sources to present an in-depth, accessible profile that offers revisionist assessments of the influential artist's turbulent life and genius works

Traces the life and work of Van Gogh using superb full-color photography to bring the artist's work to life and to explore the conditions and motivations that inspired it

Offers a fictionalized version of the ten-month period of Vincent van Gogh's youth during which he and his brother, Theo, broke off all contact, a time during which Vincent found his true calling.

Imagines the career of Vincent Van Gogh from the perspective of his friend and psychiatrist Dr. Gachet, who throughout the course of their relationship watches the tortured artist deteriorate from an optimistic genius to a suicide victim

Van Gogh spent his last seventy days of life at the village of Auvers-sur-Oise under the care of a homeopathic doctor. This novel explores his relationship with his last model, the physician's daughter, Marguerite Gachet.