Per Amann Libros

With essays by an international selection of authorities, extracts of previously untranslated writings by the artist, a chronology and bibliography, this is a comprehensive and revealing survey of Munch's work.

For me, a great artist embodies the expression of the highest intelligence. They capture feelings, the most subtle and consequently elusive transmissions of the mind. Work freely and passionately, and you will make progress; sooner or later, your talent, if you possess one, will receive recognition. But above all, do not sweat over a painting; a great feeling can be conveyed directly. Immerse yourself in that feeling and seek the simplest form to express it.

Van Gogh, who took up a variety of professions before becoming an artist, was a solitary, despairing and self-destructive man. This richly illustrated and expert study follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of peasants and workers in his homeland, through his bright and colorful Parisian period, to the work of his final years, spent under a southern sun in Arles.