27) and a 1947 photograph of Vincent Willem van Gogh (Vincent's nephew) at the Tate Gallery in London (p. There were a number of photographs that I'd never seen before: an 1868 print of a birds-eye view of Auvers-sur-Oise, for example (p. Van Gogh's Finale, like Bailey's other books, doesn't disappoint. One of these is his ability to unearth new insights into an artist dead for more than 130 years, thanks largely to his tireless research. Over the years I've developed certain expectations when reading a Martin Bailey book. In a recent interview Martin Bailey was asked a question that's been put to him many times before: after all these years are there still new things to discover about Vincent van Gogh? Martin Bailey's hugely successful Van Gogh books answer that question with a resounding yes.
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