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A fascinating guide to Van Gogh's itinerant life, with vibrant images and stories about the many places he lived and worked. Vincent van Gogh travelled widely through various countries in Europe - on foot, by boat and, above all, by train. He wrote countless letters to his family as he went, and used the world around him as the subject for hundreds of drawings and paintings. And in his day, that world looked very different from ours. Brimming with colourful pictures, historic photographs, letters, detailed maps and other documents, this book enables readers to join Vincent on his journeys from Z to A: from Zundert in the southern Netherlands (where he was born), through London and Paris, to Auvers-sur-Oise in France (where he died). Offering a detailed introduction to Vincent's personal quest and the contemporary world of his time, this book will immerse young readers in the history of the 19th century and the turbulent life of Vincent van Gogh, the artist and man.

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"""This is the perfect gift for the precocious 'tween who wants to be an artist or the reader of any age who enjoys clever, well-made books. Tis one has the bonus of offering geography and history lessons, a travelogue, a biography, a tutorial on the forices that make an artist and visual documentation from Van Gogh's own hand. The handsome hardbound volume has the playful feel of a Tin Tin comic but the heft of a volume befitting the Yale University Press imprint.""--Alan Bisbort, Waterbury Republican--Alan Bisbort ""Waterbury Republican """

"This vibrantly illustrated and beautifully written biography of Vincent van Gogh presents his life in a new way for young readers. Instead of relying on straight text, readers are invited to learn about him by following hand-drawn maps that show where he lived during his short life... Reading this atlas is like exploring a treasure or genealogical map as dotted lines from the text connect to accompanying historical photographs, maps, newspaper articles, and illustrations that highlight specific details... This unique and irresistible biography of Vincent van Gogh is highly recommended.-- ""Booklist (starred review)"""

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Nienke Denekamp is a journalist and author. Together with René van Blerk, Denekamp wrote The Vincent van Gogh Atlas. She is the author of several other books, including The Gauguin Atlas. René van Blerk is a Senior Educator at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Geert Gratama studied at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and works as an illustrator and graphic designer for various publishers, theatre groups, governmental organisations, institutions and companies.

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