Vincent van Gogh is often considered a tragic figure?struggling against madness, in and out of mental hospitals?yet he created works of genius. Shimmering with light and color, saturated with the intensity of his vision, they resound throughout the world of art. He sold only one painting in his lifetime, but over the course of a single decade he produced more than two thousand drawings and paintings. 40 full-color reproductions; up to 480 entries; 20 tabbed alphabetial dividers.