A review by abetterjulie
Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith

5.0

Reading this was a labor of love - it's a tome. Though, never dry and always deeply moving. I learned a huge amount about not just Vincent Van Gogh, but also art, history, and philosophy. This book led me off on tangents and rabbit holes about color theory, Protestantism, and medicine. Truly an inspiring conversation about one man and his tortured path through life. I was especially happy to have several myths that have built up scraped down to the canvas and the truth exposed. The anticipatory grief made the last 200 pages almost impossible to get through, but if you take it slowly, you'll arrive.

Also? Gauguin was a horrible, horrible person.