I’ve always admired VanGogh’s paintings…my favorite is Starry Night. The exhibit in the Columbus Museum of Art in 2022 was fantastic. I read this short biographical study of his life to learn more about the man & his journey to become one of the brilliant artists of all time.

short biography of van gogh for children. includes family photos and prints of a few of his paintings (in colour).

Interesting because I like Van Gogh. Rather uninspired writing though.

Vincent Van Gogh: Portait if an Artist by Jan Greenberg. I read this story in ebook form, from the library. It was easy to read and understand biography. Vincent Van Gogh had a sad life. things just didn't seem to work out for him. He had a few women he loved but couldn't have. This was difficult for him to get over. This is easy to read and full of facts about his life. This book would need to be for High School level mostly because of the details. I think that a younger reader may lose interest in the story. The book also has some of his painting in it to view and stories behind the painting. I am a fan of his art work. I enjoyed learning about his life.

I read this preparing for a visit to Amsterdam. Although the intended audience for this book is young people, I found it very helpful. There are pictures in the centre of the book some of which are not in Holland, so I'm glad I had a chance to see them along with reading the narrative about how he was feeling and what he was thinking as he painted them. These thoughts are conveyed through excerpts from hundreds of letters he wrote to his brother Theo. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is taking a similar trip.

Easy to read and very informative

What a remarkable artist! Van Gogh never really saw recognition for his talent, but he might not have liked that anyhow. He said, "Success is the worst thing that can happen in a painter's life." Although he did always believe that his paintings would bring future profit and urged his brother to take good care of them. He sold several drawings, but only one painting during his lifetime.

I've always been interested in Van Gogh. He was my chosen artist for a report many years ago in an art class, but since then I've forgotten many of the details of his life. This book helped me remember many of those details, and I learned a lot of new things, too. I read next to my computer so that I could look up paintings as they were mentioned. There are quite a few included in an inset in the center, but not as many as I wanted to see. He painted so very many paintings in his life!

This was a Sibert Honor winner for 2002.

i liked it but i didn't love it.

I really did not enjoy this. It didn't feel like the authors actually liked or admired their subject. It fell very flat, so I'll keep looking for a longer van Gogh bio to share with my kids.

Ok, so this was likely written as a textbook for high school, but I didn't know that going in. Yes, it is an account of van Gogh's life, but didn't really include much of what I wanted to know, like more of what was going on in that mind of his. Interesting, but not one I'd recommend.

This book is about the life, struggles, and successes of Vincent Van Gogh, a very famous Dutch painter that was unknown and poor for the most part of his life. The author discussed Van Gogh’s journey of becoming an artist and the artworks he created. Van Gogh had a very unstable mental and physical health. From a young age, he was struggling financially, and as he grew older, he developed a horrible relationship with his father had a catastrophic love life. He got rejected by his landlady's daughter, fell in love with his cousin who got repulsed and fled away because of him, and was attracted to an alcoholic prostitute. A major part of this book had to deal with the relationship between Van Gogh’s brother, Theo, and him. Theo was an art dealer while he was an artist. They sent many letters back and forth and most of the things the author wrote was discovered from those letters. He created many artworks during his lifetime, including the famous “Starry Night” and “Sunflowers”.
Most biographies are boring to me, but this book exceeded my expectations. It was not only easy to read, but super well written. In a 132 page book, the author was able to provide a lot of interesting information on his life, struggles, and his passion and drive for painting. The author’s writing was also really poetic. I loved how they didn’t just state facts; they brought the book to life. I enjoyed the book because I felt as if I were in Van Gogh’s shoes, and I could feel the pain and struggle he dealt with and the passion he had while applying his emotions onto canvas. He is a truly inspiring man with determination to pursue his dreams. I found it heart wrenching that nobody saw his potential and his brilliant masterpieces, until years after his death. This book was pretty sad, but nevertheless, it was an engrossing book that is perfect for people who are interested in art history and art techniques, or people who want to be motivated by someone who who had persevered to achieve his dreams.I give this book 5/5 and definitely think it is a book worth reading.

An excellent read that totally captivated me. Having just watched a recent movie about Vincent Van Gogh, I wanted to know more about this eccentric, extremely talented artist and tortured soul who did not become famous until after his death. The book is short and simply written. I devoured it in two days and it covered everything and even included photos of some of his more famous works. A genius of his time, he had a close relationship with his younger brother, Theo, who basically supported him financially most of his adult life so that he could create and devote his life to his art. Vincent was not easy to live with - his drive and intenseness, as well as tendency to be messy, disagreeable and difficult at times made him hard to be around. Few could live with him for any period of time including his brother who was completely devoted to him. At times, he could be kind especially to those he saw as being miserable or treated unkindly, yet other times he was argumentative and bizarre, doing strange things, one of which was to cut off his ear when his friend and fellow artist, Paul Gauguin, left because he was tired of Vincent's strange behaviour. Totally captivating, this book starts at his beginnings & goes through all the periods of his life ending with when he supposedly shot himself & subsequently dies during one of his morose periods. I strongly suspect Vincent would be diagnosed as bi-polar in these modern times. This book really takes you into the mind of this amazing man and what drove him to create the profound works of art that he did and the stages in his life that produced those works.