From October to December of 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a yellow house in
the south of France with Vincent van Gogh. They were the odd couple of
the art world -- one calm, the other volatile -- and the denouement of
their living arrangement was explosive. Making use of new evidence and
Van Gogh's voluminous correspondence, Martin Gayford describes not only
how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the
texture of their everyday lives. Gayford also makes a persuasive
analysis of Van Gogh's mental illness -- the probable bipolar affliction
that led him to commit suicide at the age of thirty-seven. The Yellow
House is a singular biographical work, as dramatic and vibrant as the
work of these brilliant artists.