An indispensable day-to-day desktop accessory. The TASCHEN Tear-off Calendar Van Gogh 2004- on your desk 365 days a year. Sumptuous color images, a big and bold dateline and all national holidays make this Calendar an indispensable day-to-day desktop accessory. Comes complete with stand in a presentation box. From the early gloom-laden paintings to the work of his final years under a southern sun in Arles. Van Gogh - The best selection of this great impressionist Van Gogh craved recognition during his lifetime but was denied it till after his self-inflicted death. Today he is universally seen as one of the great forerunners of 20th century painting, and one of the tragic masters of art.