By Irving Stone
No artist has been extra ruthlessly pushed through his inventive urge, nor extra remoted via it from such a lot traditional resources of human happiness, than Vincent Van Gogh. A painter of genius, his lifestyles used to be an incessant fight opposed to poverty, discouragement, insanity and depression. Lust for all times skilfully captures the interesting surroundings of the Paris of the Post-Impressionists and reconstructs with nice perception the improvement of Van Gogh's artwork. The painter is delivered to lifestyles not just as an artist yet as a character and this account of his violent, brilliant and tormented existence is a singular of infrequent compassion and power.
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A little garden separated the Loyer house from the kindergarten. Just a few days before, Vincent had sown poppies and sweet peas. The mignonette was pushing through the earth. Vincent and Ursula squatted on either side of it, their heads almost touching. Ursula had a strong, natural perfume of the hair. "Mademoiselle Ursula," he said. " She withdrew her head, but smiled at him questioningly. "I... I... " she asked, and jumped up. He followed her to the door of the kindergarten. "My poupons will be here soon," she said.
Theo comes to the Hague; 12. Fathers are funny; 13. —And so is marriage. IV. Nuenen 237 1. A studio in the vicarage; 2. The weavers; 3. Margot; 4. "It's loving that's important, not being loved"; 5. Whither thou goest; 6. Inquisition; 7. "; 8. The Potato Eaters. V. Paris 278 1. "; 2. The explosion; 3. "; 4. Portrait of a primitive; 5. Painting must become a science! 6. Rousseau gives a party; 7. A poor wretch who hanged himself; 8. Art goes amoral; 9. Père Tanguy; 10. The Petit Boulevard; 11. Art for the working-man; 12.
No, I will certainly not do that," replied Stokes. " Early the first Saturday morning Vincent started from Ramsgate to London. It was a long walk, and the weather stayed hot until evening. Finally he reached Canterbury. He rested in the shade of the old trees surrounding the medieval cathedral. After a bit he walked still farther until he arrived at a few large beech and elm trees near a little pond. He slept there until four in the morning; the birds began to sing at dawn and awakened him. By afternoon he reached Chatham where he saw in the distance, between partly flooded low meadows, the Thames full of ships.