Book DescriptionA widowed first cousin, Kee; a prostitute named Sien; shy, spinsterish Margot Bergemann; the seventeen-year-old peasant girl Stien de Grootto all of them Vincent van Gogh would declare his love. In none of them would he find the wife to seal the emotional bond that he so perfectly imagined and ardently desired. He described it, too, in his correspondence, not only in the remarkable, justly famous letters exchanged with his brother Theo, but also in heartfelt missives to his aggrieved mother, his loyal sister Wil, and his devoted sister-in-law Johanna. Focusing especially on van Goghs letters to these three steadfast women he called his sisters, award-winning author Derek Fell examines Vincents interior life and poignantly documents his emotional decline. Indeed, the blows that Vincents psyche sufferedlike his rejection by Kee and a dramatic showdown with her father in which the devastated Vincent held his hand in a lanterns flamecontinually undermined his self-worth. In a sensitive reading and astute interpretation of van Goghs own written words, Fell illuminates the passions that at once commanded Vincents genius and tormented his heart. Many illustrations are included in this revealing life of the artist, as seen through the lens of his loves and losses. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Van Gogh's Women : His Love Affairs and Journey Into Madness (Derek Fell)