![]() It appeals to the intellect only,” said Stone in 1962, about a year after publication of his Michelangelo book. ![]() Stone was known for his intensive research so why, asked the naysayers, doesn’t he just write straight biography? It was a long and fruitful career but a trailblazing path that was initially stalled by failure and often accompanied by harsh criticism that called his work anything from lazy to dangerous. But Stone did not just render fictionalized biographies of figures from the world of art: He also published novels with subjects as varied as Sigmund Freud, Jack London, Abraham and Mary Lincoln, Clarence Darrow and Earl Warren. The Van Gogh book is usually paired with the Michelangelo book, The Agony and the Ecstasy, when discussing Stone, though The Agony and the Ecstasy was published many years later in 1961. Gauguin has just joined Vincent in Arles and finds that his friend has been busy.īeyond invigorating Van Gogh’s reputation and legacy with the mass public, Lust for Life launched a career for Stone that would encompass some twenty-five books through the time of his death in 1989 at age 86. ![]() ![]() Above: Anthony Quinn as Paul Gauguin with Kirk Douglas in the background as Vincent Van Gogh. ![]()
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