Best van gogh biography book

Born March 30th, 1853 in Zundert, The Netherlands, Vincent Van Gogh took his first breath in the wake of an impossible legacy, lived a tortured life, and died before he had an opportunity to see the world acknowledge his genius.

For all of that, his 37 years have proven a gift to humanity and, in acknowledgment of his 165th birthday, I wanted to share his life, work, and words with all of you, with these books about Vincent Van Gogh.

Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White-Smith

Now considered the definitive biography of Van Gogh, written in partnership with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and White-Smith had access to materials no previous biographer had the opportunity to study.

They have made the larger-than-life Vincent human and accessible without diminishing the historical and artistic presence of Van Gogh one whit.

Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers by Deborah Heiligman

While I’ve understood the concept of “creative