In fact, in the end, they drove the painter out and Camille had to stay goodbye to his friend, but not before Vincent gave him and his family some extraordinary paintings to remember him by.īased on the story of the real relationship between Camille and his family and the painter Vincent Van Gogh, this beautiful book would serve as an excellent introduction to the life and art of Vincent. Camille saw the beauty and wonder in Vincent's art and it hurt him to discover that the other villagers did not appreciate Vincent's talent and did not like having him live in their village. Camille gave Vincent a huge bunch of flowers to decorate his home and the two of them went out into the countryside to finds scenes for Vincent to paint. The man told them that he was "Vincent, the painter" and soon he was living in the little yellow house on Camille's street.Ĭamille and his family did their best to help this penniless and lonely man and soon the boy and the man were good friends. He loved to help his father unload the bags of mail from the train every day, and one day he saw a most peculiar looking man getting off the train. Camille was the son of the postman in a little town in the south of France.
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