' I know for sure that I have an instinct for color and painting is in the very marrow of
my bones' The life of Van Gogh has gone down in legend as the archetypal artist’s
existence. He was irascible and short-tempered hugely passionate and emotional absurdly
talented and for most of his lifetime notoriously misunderstood and under-appreciated . And
yet today we see him as one of the most inventive influential and admired painters of the
entire Western canon if not a genius. Taking us through his short but explosive life this
graphic novel paints a vivid picture of Van Gogh’s unusual youth his famous early failures
his discovery of a new style of painting his tragic suicide and the meteoric artistic legacy
that followed. For those looking for an introduction to this incredible artist or searching
for a fresh take on his story – this is Vincent Van Gogh’s life as you’ve never seen it before.
