Painting The Pinwheel Sky
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The poems in this manuscript are persona poems, spoken primarily in the voice of Vincent Van Gogh but a few by others prominent in his life. Italicized passages within the poems are direct quotations from Van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo. In other poems Van Gogh's thoughts and ideas are frequently paraphrased, summarized, or interpreted.
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Vincent Explains His Passion... 1
Vincent Speaks of Theo... 3
Kee Recounts Her Experience... 5
Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen - 1884-5... 7
The Potato Eaters ~ 1885... 8
Vincent in Love... 9
He Called Me Sien... 10
Vincent Paints a Self-Portrait... 12
The Red Vineyard - 1888... 13
Madame Agostina Voices Her Amusement... 14
Cafe Terrace At Night--1888... 16
Vincent Dreams Irises -- 1889... 18
Session with Dr. Gachet... 19
Portrait of Dr. Gachet -- 1890... 21
Almond Blossom ~ 1890... 23
Vincent Finds Another Sister... 25
Loving and Losing... 27
Yellow House... 29
Vincent's Sunflowers... 31
Vincent Takes Counsel... 33
About My Right Ear... 35
Gauguin Tells His Side... 37
Gabrielle Clarifies The Matter... 39
Self-Portrait with Bandage -- 1889... 41
Starry Night ~ 1889... 42
Theo Speaks of Vincent... 44
Dr. Gachet Remembers... 45
Vincent's Mother Speaks... 47
Vincent Speaks from the Grave... 49
Émile Bernard speaks of Vincent's funeral... 51
Acknowledgments... 53
About the Author... 55
Also by Ann Howells... 57
