5/31/2023 0 Comments Lust for life book van gogh![]() ![]() ![]() Vincent begins experiencing hallucinations and seizures and voluntarily commits himself to a mental institution. His brother, Theo van Gogh, provides financial and moral support. He returns home to his father's house where he is rejected by a woman he obsessively loves, takes up with a prostitute who leaves because he is too poor, and discovers painting, which he pursues while agonizing that his vision exceeds his ability to execute. The apostate religious leaders do not like his zeal for God and they frown on his social activism and care for the poor in a coal mining town. Vincent van Gogh's obsessive devotion to his art engulfs, consumes and finally destroys him. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines and silk ribbon book mark. Condition is Like New, accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Published by The Franklin Library, a Limited Edition 1980, approx 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" 500 pages. Lust for Life (1934) biographical novel about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh by Irving Stone, it includes a portfolio of drawings by the artist. ![]()
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