Van Gogh by Steven Naifeh
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force--an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh's inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven. Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh's life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELERPraise for Van Gogh: The Life Magisterial.--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This generation's definitive portrait of the great Dutch post-Impressionist.--Time
A tour de force . . . an enormous achievement . . . Reading his life story is like riding an endless roller coaster of delusional highs and lows. . . . A] sweepingly authoritative, astonishingly textured book.--Los Angeles Times Marvelous . . . Van Gogh] reads like a novel, full of suspense and intimate detail. . . . In beautiful prose, Naifeh and Smith argue convincingly for a subtler, more realistic evaluation of Van Gogh, and we all win.--The Washington Post Brilliant . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography.--The Daily Telegraph (London) A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOK
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STEVEN NAIFEH and GREGORY WHITE SMITH are both graduates of the Harvard Law School. They are the authors of 18 books, including Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1991 and was a finalist for the National Book Award. Jackson Pollock was the inspiration for the 2000 film starring Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden. In 1981, Naifeh and Smith also founded Best Lawyers, the leading attorney referral guide in the U.S. They subsequently created Best Doctors and Best Dentists. They have been profiled in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, People, and on CBS 60 Minutes.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375507489 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375507485 |
| Titel | Van Gogh |
| Autor | Steven Naifeh |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Random House USA Inc |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2011-10-18 |
| Seitenanzahl | 953 |
| Preise | Winner of Society of Midland Authors Award (Biography) 2012 |
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