The Artist and Me

by Shane Peacock

Book Overview

Vincent van Gogh is now known as an acclaimed, incomparable Post-Impressionist painter. But when he lived in Arles, France, in the 1880s, he was mocked for being different. Back then, van Gogh was an eccentric man with wild red hair who used clashing hues to paint unusual-looking people and strange starry skies. Children and adults alike called him names and laughed at him. Nobody bought his art. But he kept painting.

Inspired by these events,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771471387
• ISBN13: 9781771471381
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Owlkids
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 5 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4