内容简介
"This man will either go insane or leave us all far behind,"
prophesied the great Impressionist Camille Pissarro. The man was
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), a vicar's son born at Groot-Zundert
near Breda in Holland, who at that time was struggling to find
buyers for his paintings. Van Gogh did indeed go at least to
the
作者简介
Rainer Metzger studied art history, history and German studies
in Munich and Augsburg. He received his doctorate in 1994, and has
worked as a fine arts journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der
Standard. He has written numerous books on art, including volumes
on van Gogh and Chagall. Ingo F. Walther (1939-2007) was born in
Berlin and studied medieval studies, literature, and art history in
Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published numerous books on
the art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Walther's many titles for TASCHEN include Picasso, Art of the 20th
Century, and Codices Illustres.