「畫家教我們怎樣看世界。」梵谷寫給他的弟弟西奧的信是這樣說的，但是同時代的人可不這麼想：「那個穿得像稻草人的瘋子是誰，他整天待在田野，手臂下夾著一疊畫布，還有一包畫筆和鉛筆。」但是梵谷堅持追求自我，並且傾聽大自然，畫出光的陰影、形狀和顏色，今天這個瘋子變成了全世界最有名的畫家。
作者從梵谷寫給弟弟西奧的信得到靈感，這本圖畫書書以文學性的深情文筆，娓娓道來印象派大師文生．梵谷追尋自我的一生，以及他與弟弟西奧親密深厚的相知相惜的感情，繪者巧妙的把梵谷14幅原畫嵌進優雅動人的插圖中，呈現梵谷狂野、熱情和堅持追求藝術的濃烈情感，讓插圖變成了藝術品。這個抒情故事令人沉思，也給了世界最著名的藝術家一個新風貌。
"Painters teach us to see," Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo. But when Vincent's contemporaries looked at him, many of them saw only a madman — "dressed like a scarecrow wandering in the fields with canvases under one arm and paintbrushes under the other." But Vincent followed his passion and listened to the lessons nature taught him about light, shadows, shapes, and colors. And now that "madman" is one of the most famous painters in the world. Inspired by letters that Vincent wrote to Theo, his closest friend and constant encourager, the text of Vincent van Gogh and the Colors of the Wind is vibrantly illustrated in a style that recalls the paintings of the artist himself. The book also includes fourteen reproductions of van Gogh's actual paintings. This lyrical story provides a thoughtful and fresh look at the life of one of the world's most famous artists.
★本書中譯版《風中的梵谷》由典藏藝術家庭出版。
作者簡介
歐塔維雅．莫納可(Octavia Monaco)
1963出生在法國卻移居義大利，在波隆納藝術學院學習，但大部分的插畫及繪畫是自學來的。她的畫風充滿夢幻、國際性和原創性，深受到寓言、神話和童話故事的影響，所以人物遊走在真實和想像之間，另有圖畫書作品《克林姆和他的貓》、《真正的豌豆公主》。她也開班為插畫家、老師和小朋友授課，同時在波隆納藝術學院教書。2004年她獲得安徒生獎，被譽為義大利最佳插畫家，她的作品在世界各地展出，目前住在波隆納。
Octavia Monaco is an Italian illustrator who has created the art for many children's books, including Klimt and His Cat (Eerdmans). Octavia lives in Modena.
