Dorothy and her nephew have a special connection. When he finds a way of escaping the drudgery of the 1960s English Midlands, Auntie Dorothy, being the loving, caring and devoted Auntie that she is, tags along to take care of him, while he learns to dance, make dresses and fall in love. Many times. He helps her avoid arrest by the New York Police Department; she helps him quell a mutiny on the Caribbean. They march through the Gay Liberation movement in 70s London, witness the 'plague years' ...

The 2 stories in this book have also been published with the titles "The story of Vincent in Drenthe" and "The journey of the painter Vincent van Gogh".

Traveling salesman Alex de Goede meets Vincent van Gogh twice. The first meeting took place in 1884 in Nuenen. There Vincent tells Alex about his adventure in Drenthe. During that period in Drenthe, Vincent made an important decision. This decision is the beginning of a long journey in search of the place where Vincent grew into an accomplish...

In 1997 verscheen Ernst van de Weterings boek Rembrandt. The Painter at Work, inmiddels een classic. Na verschillende herdrukken verschijnt nu bij Amsterdam University Press een herziene uitgave. In een uitvoerig voorwoord, dat tevens als samenvatting fungeert, worden de recente ontwikkelingen rond de in het boek behandelde onderwerpen uiteengezet.

Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the most powerfully expressive paintings ever seen.

Many have made the mistake of thinking him mad, and he did suffer throughout his life periods of mental anguish. But Van Gogh's paintings are not the works of a madman.

Van Gogh famously sold only one painting during...

Radiant Affinities, The Life and Work of Cornelius McCarthy, auteur Peter Dobson

geïllustreerde biografie van de engelse schilder Cornelius McCarthy, 292 pagina's, Engelstalig.

Radiant Affinities is the first full-length biography of Cornelius McCarthy (1935-2009), a British painter whose work is to be found in private collections worldwide but is still relatively unfamiliar.

This lavishly-illustrated book examines his artistic legacy in the context of the unprecedented social, cultural and po...

The Boss Man

A Love Story Folks!

Vincent van Gogh lived and worked in Drenthe for three months in the autumn of 1883. He wrote at least 23 letters during that period. That's all we know about Vincent during that period. But what has he done? Who did he talk to? What kept him busy? In this book you can read possible answers to those questions. Not as a report on that period, but as a story told by Vincent himself.

Vincent's story begins with his farewell to The Hague and Sien, his fiancée and the journey to Drenthe.

Vincent ...

A relentless innovator, scoring chart hits while simultaneously incorporating radical and ground-breaking elements into his work. As with all great pop stars, Bowie's image changed with almost every new album release. This appetite for reinvention, both musically and visually, saw him dubbed the 'chameleon of pop'. But Bowie's influence extended well beyond his discography and make-up drawer. His androgynous qualities and public statements on his sexuality proved liberating for those who were...