Irving stone, a famous contemporary American writer who is known as the father of biographical novels, wrote this literary biography when Van Gogh was still unknown, at the age of 26. Over the past 60 years, Van Gogh's life has touched countless readers, and his charm still exists today. This work has become a famous work of the writer, translated into more than 80 languages and distributed tens of millions of copies.

2. Van Gogh-Passion in Suffering

Van Gogh-Passion in Suffering is a biography published by Shanghai Translation Publishing House in 2004. The author is Pascal Bonafau, born in 1949, a writer and art historian. Study the problems that "self-portrait" brings to painters and art history. He wrote many works on this subject and won the national literature prize. Besides, I also write novels.

3. Van Gogh manuscripts

This book selects 150 letters about creation, ideas and ideas written by Van Gogh to relatives and friends, supplemented by more than 250 works, so that readers can have a deeper understanding of the art in Van Gogh's eyes.

Anna sui of the Metropolitan Museum of Art carefully selected more than 150 letters from nearly 1000 letters, and captured the fragments of Van Gogh's description of the creation and conception of these works, as well as his unique views on art, artists, literature, religion, scenery and many other topics, showing a different Van Gogh to all those who love Van Gogh.

4. Dear Theo Van Gogh

Produced by Van Gogh Museum, it contains the first letter written by Van Gogh in his life and the last letter written to his brother Theo before committing suicide. The official reading guide of Van Gogh Museum explains the background of each letter and what happened in the lost letter, which completely restores Van Gogh's life.

In the book, with the insertion of Van Gogh's line drawings, letter manuscripts and corresponding handed down paintings, we can clearly see the inspiration source and the evolution of Van Gogh's creative trajectory in different periods.

5. The man in the rye

The Man in the Rye is a book published by Sichuan People's Publishing House in May 2000, edited by Lin. Lin, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Talents, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (currently a visiting scholar at Hong Kong Institute of Chinese Christian Culture).

He has published biographies of thoughts such as "The Lonely Personality-Kierkegaard", "Kafka: Tender Feelings in Hell" and many translations such as "Against Death" (Becker).

This book is the first biography of Van Gogh written by China published in China, which provides a new angle for studying and understanding Van Gogh-explaining his life and creative process by deconstructing his thoughts.

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