Famous painters: biographies, movements and great masters

A woman reading a novel painted by Vincent van Gogh in Arles in 1888
What Van Gogh read: Zola, Dickens, the Bible and the writers he loved
Van Gogh was a passionate reader. From the Bible to Zola, Dickens, Hugo, Shakespeare and Maupassant, his books nourish his characters, his color and his conception of the artist. Read more...