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Biographies

Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith (Random House, 2011).

I'm chagrined that it's taken me nearly a year to write a proper review of Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith's monumental new biography of Vincent van Gogh. In my own poor defense a number of Van Gogh-related projects (which brought me to Amsterdam twice in 2012) were an ongoing (but pleasant) distraction. More to the point, this biography was not something I wanted to rush through. A few early (and, not surprisingly, hugely positive) reviews came out just days after the book's publication. "How is it possible," I wondered, "to properly read and evaluate such an incredible resource so quickly?" Which is not to slight any of the early reviewers, of course. In addition, I found the wonderful online notes for the biography (www.vangoghbiography.com) to be an endless (and quite marvelous) diversion. I was forever running between book and computer to delve into further detail of yet another new and insightful fact that was a revelation to me.

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smit

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Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

"van Gogh" redirects here. For other uses, see van Gogh (disambiguation) and Vincent van Gogh (disambiguation).

In this article, Dutch capitalization is used for tussenvoegsels in Dutch family names. The first letter in Van Gogh is capitalized unless it is preceded by a name, initial or title of nobility.

Vincent Willem van Gogh^{[note 1]} (Dutch:[ˈvɪnsɛntˈʋɪləɱvɑŋˈɣɔx]^ⓘ;^{[note 2]} 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. His oeuvre includes landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and self-portraits, most of which are characterised by bold colours and dramatic brushwork that contributed to the rise of expressionism in modern art. Van Gogh's work was only beginning to gain critical attention before he died from a self-inflicted gunshot at ag

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