02156cam a2200313 4500 90316110 TxGeo 20111107120000.0 120910s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780375758973 pbk 0375758976 pbk (OCoLC)809615839 TxGeo Naifeh, Steven W, 1952- Van Gogh : the life / Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. 1st U.S. ed. New York, NY : Random House, 2011. xiii, 953 p., [22] leaves of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), geneal. table, maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages [895]-918) and index. Prologue: A fanatic heart -- The early years, 1853-1880 -- Dams and dikes -- An outpost on the heath -- A strange boy -- God and money -- The road to Rijswijk -- The exile -- Imitation of Christ -- Pilgrim's progress -- O Jerusalem, O Zundert -- Head to the wind -- "Dat is het" -- The black country -- The land of pictures -- The Dutch years, 1880-1886 -- Hearts of ice -- Aimer encore -- A draftsman's fist -- My little window -- Orphan man -- Jacob and Esau -- Castles in the air -- The prisoner -- La joie de vivre -- The waternix -- A grain of madness -- In one rush -- Lost illusions --The French years, 1886-1890 -- Against the grain -- The Zemganno brothers -- Catch and release -- A mercenary frenzy -- Le paradou -- The sunflower and the oleander -- The poet's garden -- Imaginary savage -- La lutte -- The stranger -- Two roads -- The real south -- Starry night -- The isolated one -- "A degenerate child" -- The garden and the wheat field -- Illusions fade; the sublime remains -- Ici repose -- Appendix. A note on Vincent's fatal wounding. 20240103. Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890. Gogh, Vincent van 1853-1890. Psychology. Artists Netherlands Biography. Painters Netherlands Biography. Biographies. Smith, Gregory White. QS5