うねる夜空、燃えるようなひまわり、黄色い家。フィンセント・ファン・ゴッホが画家として活動したのは、たった約10年。そのあいだに約850点の油絵を描きました。画商の店員、教師、伝道師と仕事を変え、27歳でやっと見つけた「画家」という道を、全力で走りぬけたのです。
A swirling night sky, burning sunflowers, a yellow house. Vincent van Gogh worked as a painter for only about ten years, yet he made some 850 paintings. He had been an art dealer's assistant, a teacher and a preacher. At 27, he finally found his path as an artist, and he ran down it with all his strength.
その道をずっと支えたのが、弟テオでした。二人のあいだで交わされた手紙は、ゴッホの考えや毎日の暮らしを今に伝えています。生きているあいだは、まだ広く知られていなかった画家が、なぜ世界でいちばん愛される画家の一人になったのか。浮世絵へのあこがれ、日本にあった「ひまわり」の運命、そしてテオの妻ヨーの活躍までをたどります。
His brother Theo supported him the whole way. Their letters still tell us about Vincent's ideas and daily life. How did an artist who was little known to the public in his lifetime become one of the most loved painters in the world? We will follow his dream of Japan, the fate of the Sunflowers in Japan, and the work of Theo's wife, Jo.































