He signs himself out, and with Theo's help, returns to a rural area to paint, where he ultimately shoots himself in despair of never being able to put what he sees on canvas. The most famous of all of Stones novels, it is the story of Vincent Van Gogh-brilliant painter, passionate lover, and alleged madman. Vincent begins experiencing hallucinations and seizures and voluntarily commits himself to a mental institution. His brother, Theo van Gogh, provides financial and moral support. He returns home to his father's house where he is rejected by a woman he obsessively loves, takes up with a prostitute who leaves because he is too poor, and discovers painting, which he pursues while agonizing that his vision exceeds his ability to execute. The apostate religious leaders do not like his zeal for God and they frown on his social activism and care for the poor in a coal mining town. Vincent van Gogh's obsessive devotion to his art engulfs, consumes and finally destroys him. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines and silk ribbon book mark. Vincent’s bleak life was marked by recurring periods of depression and shame that he didn’t live up to others’. Lust for life : the story of Vincent Van Gogh by Stone, Irving, 1903-1989. This 1934 novel about the life of painter Vincent Van Gogh seems mistitled. Condition is Like New, accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Published by The Franklin Library, a Limited Edition 1980, approx 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" 500 pages. Lust for Life (1934) biographical novel about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh by Irving Stone, it includes a portfolio of drawings by the artist.
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