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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Traces the life of 19-century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, with excerpts from correspondence with his brother Theo and full-color reproductions from his work. Vincent Van Gogh-one of the nineteenth century's most brilliant artists-will forever be remembered as the Dutchman who cut off his ear. This incident underscores the passion that consumed him, a passion that also infused his work. Whether painting a portrait, a landscape, or a still life,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Offers a brief introduction to the life and work of nineteenth-century painter Vincent van Gogh, discussing how he developed his artistic style, why he was unsuccessful during his life, how his work became popular decades after his death, and other related topics.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 13
Formats
Description
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 find his path in life.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life and art of nineteenth-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, discussing his early years, his decision to become a painter, his struggles with mental illness, and the belated recognition of his work.
Author
Series
Anholt's artists volume 1
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Despite the derision of their neighbors, a young French boy and his family befriend the lonely painter who comes to their town and begin to admire his unusual paintings.
13) Vincent van Gogh
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Examines the life of the renowned Dutch painter and traces the development of his art.
15) Vincent van Gogh
Pub. Date
[2003]
Description
Vincent van Gogh's life and work are so intertwined that it is hardly possible to observe one without thinking of the other. Van Gogh has indeed become the incarnation of the suffering, misunderstood martyr of modern art, the emblem of the artist as an outsider. An article, published in 1890, gave details about van Gogh's illness. The author of the article saw the painter as "a terrible and demented genius, often sublime, sometimes grotesque, always...
16) Vincent Van Gogh
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Description
Contains a very brief biographical sketch of the artist and approximately fifteen full-color reproductions of his work as well as many smaller drawings and designs.
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh and Smith have written another tour de force-an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable, and ultimately heartbreaking portrait of creative genius Vincent van Gogh.Working with the full cooperation of...
Author
Series
Anholt's artists volume 1
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Despite the derision of their neighbors, a young French boy and his family befriend the lonely painter who comes to their town and begin to admire his unusual paintings.