Van Gogh: Passion in Hardship: Passion in Hardship

Author: Pascal Bonafous
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: Van Gogh's perspective on humanity. Through self-portraits, he explores, studies, and seeks to uncover the essence of human beings, attempting to reveal the mask behind. However, it seems he failed. He lost himself. Through painting, he found himself again. Van Gogh painted self-portraits to convince himself of his existence, knowing he had not drowned in the mere collection of perceptions, and that his eyes had not been burned by his own blazing gaze. From Van Gogh's self-portraits, one can faintly glimpse the tragic yet irresistible fate of the artist. Van Gogh painted humans. This book describes Van Gogh's life in five parts: "Hesitation and Solitude," "Preaching and Sketching," "Portraiture and Poverty," "Color and Exile," and "The Asylum and Death."