On the example of Van Gogh, who by nature did not have special talents, we see the story of a man who has developed a true skill in himself for hours and years of hard work. The main point of the novel is that it is never too late to start doing what you like and what you love. Madness gradually began to take hold of the artist, and he even inflicted injury on himself with his own hands in the next fit.

Many hours passed in arguments and discussions that turned into quarrels.

It is noteworthy that no one believed in him. The younger brother Theo took care of the elder, helped with food, housing and the necessary consumables for work. Therefore, he painted around the clock to achieve the desired level of skill. Vincent believed that it was not necessary to have a huge talent from childhood to get an article for famous artists – it was enough just to work hard. More and more time he devoted to creativity. At this time, only painting saved him from isolation and depression. However, Van Gogh’s next petition to improve the living conditions of the workers was rejected. He zealously set to work, enlightened the working people, painted landscapes of distant Palestine for them, and visited the sick. Therefore, at first he decided to try himself as a Protestant pastor. Visiting art exhibitions, he himself dreamed of the glory of the famous artist, but he perfectly understood what a thorny path awaited him. Van Gogh’s youth passed in an art trading company, so the young man learned to understand and appreciate works of art. Until the end, not understood by anyone, he enjoyed the adoration and love only of his younger brother Theodorus (Theo). The artist himself later said that his life as a child was filled only with emptiness, gloom and cold. Already at the dawn of his life, he was different from other children – in public he behaved extremely seriously and restrainedly, but in the family circle he was very restless and even capricious. The story of the novel “Lust for Life” begins with the young years of Vincent. Get comfortable, it will be interesting! Plot

So today we will analyze a brief plot and the meaning of the work. The next novel, Lust for Life, tells the story of a young and unknown artist Vincent van Gogh, who later became an icon and impressionist teacher for his contemporaries. Author Irving Stone wrote a lot of books about outstanding people of past eras in his life.

Lust for life by irving stone