Stranger On Earth A Psychological Biography About The...

Ayah Khairallah Professor Tiffany Jones HIST 379-01 June 5, 2016 Stranger on Earth Stranger on Earth by Albert J. Lubin is a psychological biography about the Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh was an extraordinary post- impressionist artist who had a tough and extrinsic life and lived with extreme sorrow and melancholy. Vincent’s art was ignored until after his assumed suicide in 1890. Lubin wrote about the troubles and tribulation Vincent endured and how much that affected his life. His misunderstood genius may be also correlated to his madness and despair in life. His posthumous fame led the way for other artist and influenced their art. Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, to Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus in Zundet, Netherlands. Vincent had a younger brother, Theo was three years younger but had the biggest impact in Vincent’s life. Theo provided for him emotionally and finically. He had three other sisters: Willemenia, Anna, and Elisabeth. Vincent’s father was a protestant church minister and mot her was an artist whose talent no doubt rubbed on her son. Vincent’s family were extremely religious and his connection to his religion and faith had no doubt a tremendous impact on his art, life and played a role in his mental madness in his later years. Vincent and his sister attended boarding school where he first learned to draw. As he grew older, he becomes more isolated and passionate about religion. He became a missionary in aShow MoreRelatedLiterary Analysis Of Alice Walker And Visual Artist1523 Words   |  7 PagesIntroduction My paper literary artist Alice walker and visual artist Van Goth are best artist in the world, they have many similar things and different things, they are come from different century, different country, they have different family background, they have different work and life. People have different views on them. They both well know and both have a lot of fans in the world. Compared their difference and similar, life and work. We could links the two lives and their work together. For