On the evening of July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh stumbled back to his tiny room ... "He was an honest man . . . and a great artist," Gachet eulogized. "He had only two goals, humanity and art." ...

Vincent van ... man who meant to commit suicide and, finding the water too cold, tries to regain the bank.” He was only 37 when the joy he took in painting could no longer sustain him. “Van ...