Vincent Van Gogh Author:Robert Goldwater Text by R. Goldwater Assoc. Prof. of Arts, Queens College, New York. — When Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in 1890, at the age of thirty-seven, he ended one of the shortest, and most dramatic and brilliant careers of modern art. I n the span of less than ten years he created an unforgettable record, in countless paintings, of the inner drama of h... more »is life and of a passionate, uncopromising search for beauty. His work did much to revolutionize the art of our century, enriching it with a new emotionalism and expressive power.« less