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I am Vincent van Gogh / by Gabriel Martín Roig ; illustrated by Fátima García.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Star Bright Books, 2017Description: 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781595727701
  • 1595727701
Uniform titles:
  • Yo... Vincent van Gogh. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A strict upbringing -- Working at an art gallery -- Portraitist of misery -- I paint for the first time and fall in love -- The peasants of Nuenen -- In the capital of art -- The impressionists! -- My friend Père Tanguy and the Japanese prints -- Facing the mirror -- Arles, sunshine everywhere -- Never fitting in -- An explosion of color -- Sunflowers -- The yellow house -- A famous bedroom and the night sky -- Gaugin and I : an impossible friendship -- How I came to lose part of an ear -- And what I did with the severed earlobe -- In the asylum of Saint-Rémy -- Letters to my brother Theo -- I like to paint cypresses -- Back north -- Wheat fields with crows -- Posthumous fame.
Summary: I Am Vincent van Gogh introduces readers, ages ten and up, to one of the world's most famous painters. Van Gogh's life is as fascinating as his paintings. Although always interested in art, van Gogh did not start painting until his late twenties. Once he started, van Gogh created some of the world's best-known paintings including "Sunflowers" and "The Starry Night." Roig brings van Gogh's story to life as if van Gogh were speaking directly to the reader. Precise explanations of art movements and terms are provided for readers.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Biography Gogh, V. M381 Available 33111008963577
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Biography Gogh, V. M381 Available 33111008825685
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

I Am Vincent van Gogh introduces readers, ages ten and up, to one of the world�s most famous painters. Van Gogh�s life is as fascinating as his paintings. Although always interested in art, van Gogh did not start painting until his late twenties. Once he started, van Gogh created some of the world�s best-known paintings including �Sunflowers� and �The Starry Night.� Roig brings van Gogh�s story to life as if van Gogh were speaking directly to the reader. Precise explanations of art movements and terms are provided for readers. Illustrations of van Gogh�s family and life are interspersed with vibrant reproductions of paintings. I am Vincent van Gogh, the story and the art, captures readers� interest from the start and holds readers enthralled to the final page.

Translation of: Yo... Vincent van Gogh.

I Am Vincent van Gogh introduces readers, ages ten and up, to one of the world's most famous painters. Van Gogh's life is as fascinating as his paintings. Although always interested in art, van Gogh did not start painting until his late twenties. Once he started, van Gogh created some of the world's best-known paintings including "Sunflowers" and "The Starry Night." Roig brings van Gogh's story to life as if van Gogh were speaking directly to the reader. Precise explanations of art movements and terms are provided for readers.

A strict upbringing -- Working at an art gallery -- Portraitist of misery -- I paint for the first time and fall in love -- The peasants of Nuenen -- In the capital of art -- The impressionists! -- My friend Père Tanguy and the Japanese prints -- Facing the mirror -- Arles, sunshine everywhere -- Never fitting in -- An explosion of color -- Sunflowers -- The yellow house -- A famous bedroom and the night sky -- Gaugin and I : an impossible friendship -- How I came to lose part of an ear -- And what I did with the severed earlobe -- In the asylum of Saint-Rémy -- Letters to my brother Theo -- I like to paint cypresses -- Back north -- Wheat fields with crows -- Posthumous fame.

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