People close to Van Gogh's life, like Paul Gauguin, are also characters in the novel. Stone wanted to explain Van Gogh's difficult life and how he began, flourished, and died as a painter. including The Potato Eaters and Sunflowers. The narrative of Lust for Life creates origin-stories for many of the artist's famous paintings. Stone conducted a large amount of "on-field" research for the novel, as is mentioned in the afterword. This correspondence lays the foundation for most of what is known about the thoughts and beliefs of the artist. It was Stone's first major publication, and is largely based on the collection of letters between Vincent van Gogh and his younger brother, art dealer Theo van Gogh. Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel by Irving Stone about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh and his hardships.
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