The Yellow House by Martin Gayford
An account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French town of Arles. It is an exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world has sought to explain.
A drily witty, original and profoundly absorbing book * Independent *
A wonderfully perceptive, revealing and touching book * Sunday Telegraph *
A story of such fascination on so many levels. . Martin Gayford tells it vividly, intelligently and intelligibly * Literary Review *
Gayford's fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art history is both moving and riveting * Daily Mail *
Gayford has reconstructed these tumultuous weeks . . . the reader lives them day by day, almost minute by minute. Delightful, utterly fascinating * Independent on Sunday *
Masterly . . . a wonderfully alert and moving portrait * Mail on Sunday *
Thoughtful and excellently unsensational . . . with clever flashbacks and pertinent historical asides * Sunday Times *
Remarkable, erudite and thoroughly readable. Gayford has managed to piece together as much as we ever might in the most convincing way possible * Scotland on Sunday *
A gripping read, and an art historical thriller * Country Life *
A wonderfully perceptive, revealing and touching book * Sunday Telegraph *
A story of such fascination on so many levels. . Martin Gayford tells it vividly, intelligently and intelligibly * Literary Review *
Gayford's fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art history is both moving and riveting * Daily Mail *
Gayford has reconstructed these tumultuous weeks . . . the reader lives them day by day, almost minute by minute. Delightful, utterly fascinating * Independent on Sunday *
Masterly . . . a wonderfully alert and moving portrait * Mail on Sunday *
Thoughtful and excellently unsensational . . . with clever flashbacks and pertinent historical asides * Sunday Times *
Remarkable, erudite and thoroughly readable. Gayford has managed to piece together as much as we ever might in the most convincing way possible * Scotland on Sunday *
A gripping read, and an art historical thriller * Country Life *
Martin Gayford has been Art Critic of the Spectator and the Sunday Telegraph, and Chief European Art Critic for Bloomberg. Among his publications are The Penguin Book of Art Writing, of which he was co-editor, and contributions to many catalogues for exhibitions at Tate, the Hayward Gallery, the Courtauld Galleries, the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris. Martin Gayford lives in Cambridge with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141016733 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141016736 |
| Title | The Yellow House |
| Author | Martin Gayford |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-03-29 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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