The letters of Vincent van Gogh speak to the heart.By their directness and humility they bring us into a relationship with genius that we could never achieve through our own efforts.That Van Gogh was one of the greatest painters in the history of European art is now generally accpted.That he was a man of high intelliigence and tender affections these letters abundantly establish .To anyone interested in painting or in the mind of a creative arist they are indispensable.But what makes them of supreme importance is their fascination for people who have,is the ordinary way,no particular interest in the arts.It is the human spirit,not the rame of the artist,that is the secret of their perennial attraction.
This selection,which inchludes the memoir of Vincent written by his sister-in-alw,has been made by mark Roskill,whose introduction and notes contain much information derived from recent research.
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MARK ROSKILL was the holder of scholarships to Eton and to Trinity College,Cambridge,where he graduated in Classics with fist class honours.He thdm turned to the study of art history and has had teaching posts in the United States:at Princeton and now at the Fogg Art Museum,Harvard.He is the author of a book on English Painting and Van Gogh,Gauguin and the Impressionist Circle(1970). |
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