“A Power Seething,” the subtitle of Julian Bell’s short, fervent biography of Vincent van Gogh, comes from a letter Vincent sent his brother Theo in 1882. Although Vincent’s new calling as an artist ...

A new Vincent van Gogh biography is causing waves in the art community for its claim that the famed Dutch artist was accidentally shot by drinking companions, rather than a suicide. In their book Van ...

He had “a sun in his head and a thunderstorm in his heart.” These words about French painter Eugene Delacroix could as easily have been applied to Vincent van Gogh. From his turbulent emotional life, ...

The producers of a new film about Vincent Van Gogh are rethinking its ending in the wake of a definitive biography that doubts the long-held belief that the Dutch painter took his own life. "Van Gogh" ...

Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853–1890), born in Zundert, Netherlands, was the eldest of six children in a Protestant family. His father, Theodorus van Gogh, served as a minister, and his mother, Anna ...

The writers of a new biography of Vincent Van Gogh say the artist may not have committed suicide, but was shot by a teenage boy. Co-authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith offer their new theory ...

Until now we have had largely one-dimensional books about Vincent van Gogh, beginning with “Lust for Life,’’ published in 1934 and made into a movie in 1956. It focused primarily on his troubled ...

Vincent van Gogh’s sister-in-law Jo Bonger led a colourful life, including an encounter with Leon Trotsky in New York at the time of Russian Revolution. Although best known as a tireless promoter of ...

A new Vincent van Gogh biography is causing waves in the art community for its claim that the famed Dutch artist was accidentally shot by drinking companions, rather than a suicide. In their book Van ...

The newly-released book Van Gogh: The Life, which argues that the famous artist did not kill himself, is casting doubts upon the ending of a new biopic about the artist The producers of a new film ...