Claybourne, Anna.

Vincent van Gogh, the troubled artist / Anna Claybourne. - Chicago, Ill. : Raintree, c2004. - 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. - Famous lives . - Famous lives (Chicago, Ill.) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 46) and index.

Sale of the century -- A country childhood -- A future artist? -- Leaving home -- Love in London -- Trouble at work -- Searching for a role -- Vincent the preacher -- An artist is born -- Vincent and Theo -- The student artist -- Unlucky in love -- A death in the family -- Living with Theo -- Vincent heads south -- The ear incident -- In the asylum -- Was Vincent insane? -- A tragic death -- The end for Theo -- Fame at last.

Introduces the life of Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch artist whose paintings had become the most famous and valuable on Earth by the end of the twentieth century.

ISBN: 0739866311 (library binding : hardcover)

LCCN: 2003006073

Subjects--Personal Names:
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Painters--Netherlands--Biography.
Artists.
Painting, Dutch.
Painting, Modern--19th century.

LC Class. No.: ND653.G7 / C437 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 759.9492