Van Gogh's Letters: The Mind of the Artist in Paintings, Drawings, and Words, 1875-1890

I love this book. Over 800+ letters by Vincent Van Gogh were saved and they are astonishing! There are pictures and jottings and this book is mesmerizing!

Love everything about this book

Very deep and touching letters full of wisdom, sadness and love for art and people. Thanks to these letters, we see Van Gogh as a kind, generous and very modest man. This is the real life of great artist.

Since I learned who he was, Vincent Van Gogh has been one of my favorite artists. Van Gogh's Letters by H. Anna Suh has taught me much more about him. This book provides English translations of all the letters Van Gogh wrote to his younger brother Theo, who supported and encouraged the artist throughout his difficult and troubled life as a painter. Though he was never financially successful in his tireless efforts to break new ground in his work, he never lost his passion for painting or for people, especially poor working people. Through his letters, the reader shares his passions as well as his struggles with a developing madness that eventually led him to take his own life. His wonderful and colorful paintings, however, remain. Though his contemporaries, who neither understood him or his work ever recognized his genius, successive generations did. H. Anna Suh has produced a book that allows us to see just what it took for Van Gogh to bequeath his brilliant work to the world. In addition, Ms. Suh has provided images of his paintings throughout, making it a feast not just for the mind, but for the eye as well.Jean Barber

After visiting the traveling multi-sensorial exhibit of Van Gogh's art in the states, I needed to read more. I have always envied his creative art on the canvas, but I had never read his words until that exhibit. I spent three hours reading them over and over again and decided I needed this book! It really provided insight into the mind and heart of a deeply gifted yet conflicted soul. What a kind person Van Gogh must have been but oh! How he never discovered how precious and talented he was! After reading, I hopped a jet to Amsterdam to visit his lovely museum. You might decide to do that too after reading the book!

So many people did not know about Van Gogh's letters - I learned a lot when I did a college final essay on him (I got a 88 out of 100). Great book on his letters, poetry, quotes, messages, prose, etc... Never knew about all of this. I used this book and others at Amazon, as resources for my essay paper. I passed and graduated (May 2021 class).

Not a literary review here, I'm just a lover of pure aethsetics. I was looking for a version of Van Gough's letters that included high quality images of his sketches along with the translated text. This printing does that and much more, selecting 150 of the most interesting letters. We're just fans, not academics, so it's great to find a collection of his work that doesn't break the bank. And don't be put off by the soft cover edition, this is a well made book with thick, glossy paper and a heft that made me think it was a hardcover when I took it out of the box.

If you really like Van Gogh, then read his letters and learn all the artist's feelings about life. The book also has great photos and more.