All page numbers refer to the 2021 print edition
Figures in italic indicate illustrations.
Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852–1911), American artist 112
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts 34, 198
Aeschylus (525–456 BC) 24, 109, 357
Amsterdam 19–20, 38, 59–61, 67, 191–92, 193, 195, 196
Anquetin, Louis Emile (1861–1932), French artist 243–44, 260
Antwerp 38, 135, 196–215
Arles 222–97, 298–301, 304–21, 314, 330, 339, 354
Arouet, François Marie see Voltaire
Artz, David Adolph Constant (1837–1890), Dutch artist 70
Aurier, Albert (1865–1892), French art critic 362–65, 366, 367
Auvers-sur-Oise 303, 370–91, 394
Bakhuyzen, Julius (Jules) Jacobus van de Sande (1835–1925), Dutch artist 73, 146
Balzac, Honoré de (1799–1850), French writer 58, 94, 96, 99, 277
Bargue, Charles (c. 1826/27–1883), French artist 377
Barye, Antoine-Louis (1796–1875), French sculptor 296
Baudelaire, Charles (1821–1867), French writer 279, 353
Beers, Jan Maria Constantijn van (1852–1927), Belgian artist 171
Begemann, Margot (1841–1907) 135, 168–69, 219
Benjamin-Constant, Jean–Joseph (1845–1902), French artist 269
Berlioz, Hector (1803–1869), French composer 313
Bernard, Emile (1868–1941), French artist and writer 197, 199, 200, 222, 227–28, 228, 232, 236, 243–47, 259–70, 275–79, 284, 292, 303, 321, 330–31, 352–58
Besnard, (Paul) Albert (1849–1934), French artist 340
Bida, Alexandre (1823–1895), French artist 24
Bingham, Robert Jefferson (1825–1870), English photographer 107
Blommers, Bernardus Johannes (1845–1914), Dutch artist 115
Blussé & Van Braam 19
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313–1375), Italian writer 291, 363
Boch, Eugène Guillaume (1855–1941), Belgian artist 225, 271, 273, 290–91, 346
Bodmer, Karl (1809–1893), Swiss artist 340, 341
Boissière, Clara de la, Comtesse 238
Bol, Ferdinand (1616–1680), Dutch artist 278
Bonger, Andries (André or Dries) (1861–1936), brother of Jo van Gogh-Bonger 349, 373, 382
Bonger, Jo see Gogh-Bonger, Johanna (Jo) van
Bonnat, Léon (1833–1922), French artist 100
Borch, Gerard ter (the Younger) (1617–1681), Dutch artist 276, 278
Borinage 20, 22, 32, 74, 104
Bosboom, Johannes (1817–1891), Dutch artist 194
Botticelli, Sandro (1444/45–1510), Italian artist 266, 291, 295
Boughton, George Henry (1833–1905), English artist 112, 139, 171
Brabant 11–14, 56, 144–45, 162
Bracquemond, Joseph Auguste (Félix) (1833–1914), French artist 134, 377
Breitner, George Hendrik (1857–1923), Dutch artist 36, 80, 118, 132, 229
Breton, Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis (1827–1906), French artist and poet 67, 103, 186, 187, 193
Brion, Gustave (1824–1877), French artist 340
Brooke, Edmund Walpole (1865–1938), Australian artist 385
Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c. 1525/30–1569), Flemish artist 84
Brussels 17, 20, 34, 38–41, 68
Bruyas, Alfred (1821–1877), French art collector 295, 296, 309, 341, 343, 374
Buckman (Buckmann), Edwin (1841–1930), English artist 109
Bunyan, John (1628–1688), English writer 18, 26
Bürger, Wilhelm see Thoré, Théophile
Cabanel, Alexandre (1823–1889), French artist 187, 341
Cazin, Jean-Charles (1841–1901), French artist 339
Chardin, Jean Baptiste Siméon (1699–1779), French artist 171
Chenavard, Paul Marc Joseph (1807–1895), French artist 191
Chevalier, Hippolyte Sulpice Guillaume see Gavarni, Paul
Cimabue, Cenni (Benciviene) di Pepo (1240–1302), Italian artist 247
C.M. see Gogh, Cornelis (Cor) Marinus van
Codde, Pieter (1599–1678), Dutch artist 191–92
Conscience, Henri (Hendrik) (1812–1883), Belgian writer 339
Cormon, Fernand, French artist 198, 199, 211, 215
Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille (1796–1875), French artist 109, 147, 161, 162–63, 241, 357
Correggio, Antonio Allegri (c. 1489/94–1534), Italian artist 26
Courbet, Gustave (1819–1877), French artist 295
Couture, Thomas (1815–1879), French artist 295
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472–1553), German artist 266, 269
Cuesmes 22–31, 34
Dante Alighieri (1265–1321), Italian poet 278, 291
Daubigny, Charles-François (1817–1878), French artist 102, 109, 161, 388, 389
Daudet, Alphonse (1840–1897), French writer 96, 218, 245, 342
Daumier, Honoré (1808–1879), French artist 94, 103, 277, 280, 292, 331, 353
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel (1803–1860), French artist 194
Degas, (Hilaire Germain) Edgar (1834–1917), French artist 214, 243, 296, 297, 348
Degroux, Charles Camille Auguste (1825–1870), Belgian artist 72, 103
Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugène (1798–1863), French artist 23, 26, 174, 192, 193, 194, 206, 268, 276–77, 280, 295–96, 313, 341, 343, 345, 346–48, 357, 363, 377
Desboutin, Marcellin Gilbert (1823–1902), French artist 274
Diaz de la Peña, Narcisse Virgile (1808–1876), French artist 363
Dickens, Charles John Huffam (1812–1870), English writer 23, 26, 303, 319, 321
Dordrecht 19
Drenthe 37, 125–26, 129–50
Dumoulin, Louis Jules (1860–1924), French artist 377
Dupré, Jules (1811–1889), French artist 23, 92, 102, 136, 161
Durand-Ruel, Paul (1831–1922), French art dealer 183
Dürer, Albrecht (1471–1528), German artist 269
Eeden, Frederik Willem van (1860–1932), Dutch writer 258
Eliot, George (Mary Ann Evans) (1819–1880), English writer 18, 58
Etten 17, 20, 22, 34, 41–68
Eyck, Jan van (1390–1441), Dutch artist 266
Fabritius, Carel (1622–1654), Dutch artist 24, 26, 278, 336
Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836–1904), French artist 171
Feyen-Perrin, François Nicolas Auguste (1826–1888), French artist 63
Flaubert, Gustave (1821–1880), French writer 218
Forain, Jean Louis (1852–1931), French artist 331
Frère, Edouard (1819–1886), French artist 125–26
Fromentin, Eugène (1820–1876), French artist and writer 247, 296, 347
Gachet, Dr Paul-Ferdinand (Paul van Ryssel) (1828–1909) 303, 370, 372, 374–78, 375, 379–80, 382, 393
Gall, Franz Joseph (1758–1828), physiologist 40
Gauguin, Paul (Eugène Henri) (1848–1903), French artist 200, 226, 235, 242, 243, 247, 260, 264, 273, 274, 279–80, 283–86, 295–98, 303–4, 310, 312, 326, 346, 350, 353–54, 358, 360–61, 363–64, 366, 388
Gavarni, Paul (Hippolyte Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier) (1804–1866), French artist 72, 89, 255
Gendre, Mr 231
Génestet, Petrus Augustus de (1829–1861), Dutch poet 163
Gérôme, Jean Léon (1824–1904), French artist 247
Gigoux, Jean (Jean-François) (1806–1894) French writer and artist 134, 179
Ginoux, Marie (1848–1927) 381
Giotto di Bondone (1267/75–1337), Italian artist 285, 291, 295, 336, 354
Gladwell, Harry (1857–1927) 17
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749–1832), German writer 58
Gogh, Anna Cornelia van Houten-Van (1855–1930), Vincent’s sister 12, 135, 173, 175
Gogh-Bonger, Johanna (Jo) van (1862–1925), Vincent’s sister-in-law 10, 15, 300, 303, 333, 348, 351, 359, 362, 370, 372–73, 372, 376, 378–79, 382–87, 394
Gogh-Carbentus, Anna van (1819–1907), Vincent’s mother 11–12, 50–55, 58, 105, 134–35, 143, 146, 153, 172–73, 175, 210, 259, 303, 317, 339, 362, 372
Gogh, Cornelis (Cor) Marinus van (Uncle Cor or C.M.) (1824–1908), Vincent’s uncle 36, 72–74, 81, 129, 130, 166, 172–73, 176, 195, 350
Gogh, Cornelis (Cor) Vincent van (1867–1900), Vincent’s brother 12
Gogh, Elisabeth (Lies) Huberta Du Quesne-Van (1859–1936), Vincent’s sister 12, 321, 339
Gogh, Revd Theodorus van (1822–1885), Vincent’s father 11–12, 14, 17–18, 20, 22–23, 32, 35, 36, 50–55, 57–58, 66–67, 105–8, 126, 134, 143, 144, 146, 150–59
Gogh, Theo van (1857–1891), Vincent’s brother 8, 10, 12, 14–15, 17, 18, 21, 35, 198–99, 222, 259, 351, 370, 372–73, 378–79
Gogh, Vincent van (Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cent) (1820–1888), Vincent’s uncle 16, 18, 19
Gogh, Vincent Willem van (1853–1890) – paintings:
Almond Blossom 303, 379, colour section: 13
The Arlésienne 366, 377
The Bedroom 226, 293, 294, 322, 326, 331, colour section: 8
La Berceuse 300, 307, 308, 309, 321, 322, 323, 330, 347, colour section: 10
Daubigny’s Garden 386, 388, 389, 389, colour section: 16
Doctor Gachet 374, 375, 379, 380, colour section: 14
Field with a Ploughman 336, 338, colour section: 12
Honesty in a vase 172, 175
Marie Gignoux (‘The Arlésienne’) 312, 366, 374, 377, 379–80, 381
The Harvest colour section: 3
The Night Café 226, 279, 281, 282, 283, 347, colour section: 6
Pollard Willow 84, 87, 88, colour section: 1
Portrait of the Postman Roulin 224–25, 300
The Potato Eaters 135, 175, 176, 177, 180, 181, 182, 184, 219–20, colour section: 2
Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin 258, colour section: 4
The Sower 110, 114, 260, 261, 262, 282, 322, 361
The Starry Night 260, 302
Starry Night over the Rhône 283, 285, 283, 288, colour section: 7
Sunflowers 226, 280, 300, 306–7, 308, 322, 323, 360, 364, 392, colour section: 9
Hospital at Saint-Rémy colour section: 11
Wheatfield with Crows 386, colour section: 15
The Yellow House 283, colour section: 5
Gogh, Vincent Willem van (1890–1978), Vincent’s nephew 303, 359, 362, 370, 372, 373, 376, 378–79, 382, 385, 394
Gogh, Willemina (Wil or Willemien) Jacoba van (1862–1941), Vincent’s sister 10, 12, 13, 61, 143, 146, 172, 173, 175, 216–21, 250–59, 303, 317–21, 339, 362, 372, 378–82
Goncourt, Edmond de (1822–1896), French writer 118, 134, 193, 201, 204, 209, 217–18, 235
Goupil & Cie 15–18, 16, 32, 34, 71, 132, 140–41, 158, 207
Goupil, Adolphe (1806–1893), founder of Goupil & Cie 360
Goya (y Lucientes), Francisco José de (1746–1828), Spanish artist 275
Goyen, Jan van (1596–1656), Dutch artist 323
Green, Charles (1840–1898), English artist 109
Green, Henry Towneley (1836–1899), English artist 109
Gruby, Dr David (1810–1898) 237, 240
Guillaumin, (Jean Baptiste) Armand (1841–1927), French artist 289
Haan, Meijer Isaac de (1852–1895), Dutch artist 296, 329, 331, 350, 360
Hague, The 17, 34–37, 55, 61, 67, 68–131
Hals, Frans (1581/85–1666), Dutch artist 191–92, 193, 277–78
Haverman, Hendrik Johannes (1857–1928), Dutch artist 161, 186–87
Herkomer, Hubert von (1849–1914), English artist 103, 111, 162
H.G.T. see Tersteeg
Hirschig, Anthonius (Anton, Tony) Matthias (1867–1939), Dutch artist 388
Holbein, Hans the Younger (1497–1543), German artist 40, 269
Hooch, Pieter de (1629–c. 1683), Dutch artist 278
Hoogeveen 129, 132, 136–46
Hoornik, Sien (1850–1904) 36–37, 81, 82, 123–24, 126–31, 137–38
Hugo, Victor Marie (1802–1885), French writer 23, 26, 50, 100, 102, 109, 285
Huysmans, Joris Karl, French writer 260–61
Isaäcson, Joseph Jacob (1859–1942), Dutch writer and artist 296, 297, 329, 331, 350, 359–60
Isleworth 18
Israëls, Jozef (1824–1911), Dutch artist 75, 102–3, 161, 193, 194, 253
Jacquet, Gustave Jean (1846–1909), French artist 171, 186
Jeannin, Georges (1841–1925), French artist 360
Jouve, Auguste (1846–?) (French?), artist 349
J.P.S. see Stricker, Johannes Paulus
Jundt, Gustave Adolphe (1830–1884), French artist 325
Kaufmann, Piet, labourer 41
Keyser, Thomas de (1596/97–1667), Dutch artist 27
Koning, Arnold Hendrik (1860–1945), Dutch artist 231, 238, 242
La Caze, Louis (1798–1869), French art collector 205, 296, 336, 363
Lauzet, Auguste Marie (1865–1898), French artist 361
Laval, Charles (1861–1894), French artist 284, 292
Lavater, Johann Caspar (1741–1801), physiologist 40
Legros, Alphonse (1837–1911), French artist 109
Leys, (Jean Auguste) Henri (Hendrik) (1815–1869), Belgian artist 363
Lhermitte, Léon Augustin (1844–1925), French artist 110, 170, 171–72, 187, 189, 191, 204
Liebermann, Max (1847–1935), German artist 146
Livens, Horace Mann (1862–1936), English artist 199, 213–15
London 16–17, 139
Loti, Pierre (Louis Marie Julien Viaud) (1850-1923) French writer 257, 265
MacKnight, Dodge (1860–1950), American artist 225, 234, 235, 271
Maes, Nicolaes (1632/34–1693), Dutch artist 74, 278
Manet, Edouard (1832–1883), French artist 206
Marchal, Charles François (1825–1877), French artist 325
Marie, girlfriend of Theo 143, 144, 145, 146
Maris, Jacob (Jaap) Hendrik (1837–1899), Dutch artist 92, 194
Maris, Matthijs (Thijs) (1839–1917), Dutch artist 23, 26, 139, 325
Maris, Willem (1844–1910), Dutch artist 194
Martin, Pierre Firmin (père Martin) (1817–1891), art dealer 231, 273
Maupassant, Guy de (1850–1893), French writer 199, 217, 218, 221, 265, 273, 274
Maurin, (Jean Baptiste Joseph Antonin) Charles (1856–1914), French artist 285
Mauve, Anton (1838–1888), Dutch artist 33, 34–36, 41, 43, 55–58, 61–62, 66–67, 68–71, 75–76, 77–79, 92, 94, 132, 194, 253
Mauve-Carbentus, Jet (1856–1894), Vincent’s cousin 34, 229, 231
Meissonier, Ernest (1815–1891), French artist 100, 107, 339–40
Meryon, Charles (1821–1868), French artist 325
Mesdag, Hendrik Willem (1831–1915), Dutch artist 136
Meulen, François (Frans) Pieter ter (1843–1927), Dutch artist 146
Meunier, Constantin Emile (1831–1905), Belgian artist 111
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), Italian artist 191, 291, 336
Michelet, Jules (1798–1874), French writer 23, 26, 50–51, 58, 60–61, 158
Millais, John Everett (1829–1896), English artist 23, 171
Millet, Jean-François (1814–1875), French artist 23, 26, 32, 36, 40, 75–76, 84, 92, 100, 101, 102–3, 109, 113, 118, 134, 136, 148, 161, 186, 187, 189, 191, 277, 346, 353, 357, 361, 378
Milliet, second lieutenant 261, 284, 286
Mols, Robert (1848–1903), Belgian artist 203
Monet, Claude Oscar (1840–1926), French artist 214, 265, 269
Monticelli, Adolphe Joseph Thomas (1824–1886), French artist 309, 325, 333–34, 363, 364
Montmajour 270, 332–33
Montpellier 295–96, 341, 343, 354
Moret, Henry (1856–1913), French artist 292
Mourier-Petersen, Christian Vilhelm (1858–1945), Danish artist 225
Murger, Henri (1822–1861), French writer 96, 99
Musset, Louis Charles Alfred de (1810–1857), French poet 279
Neuhuys, Johannes Albert (1844–1914), Dutch artist 136
Neuhuys, Jozef Hendrikus (1841–1889), Dutch artist 194
Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord 132, 146–50
Nuenen 133, 134, 150–95, 210, 213
Nuijen, Wijnand (1813–1839), Dutch artist 194
Ohnet, Georges (1848–1918), French writer 257
Ostade, Adriaen van (1610–1685), Dutch artist 84, 276, 278
Paillard, Henri Pierre (1844–1912), French artist 92
Paris 17, 196–200, 208, 209, 210, 213–21, 222, 256, 370, 373
Perugino (Pietro di Christoforo Vannucci) (c. 1450–1523), Italian artist 63
Petit, Georges (1856–1920), art dealer in Paris 340
Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca) (1304–1374), Italian poet 291
Peyron, Dr Théophile 302, 344, 349, 367, 377
Pinwell, George John (1842–1875), English artist 111
Pissarro, Camille Jacob (1830–1903), French artist 243, 244, 289, 303, 346
Pissarro, Lucien (1863–1944), French artist 229, 289
Portier, Alphonse (1841–1902), art dealer 181, 274
Potter, Paulus (1625–1654), Dutch artist 270, 278, 295
Poussin, Nicolas (1594–1665), French artist 189
Pulchri Studio 35
Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre (1824–1898), French artist 241–42, 269
Quost, Ernest (1844–1931), French artist 360, 364
Rabelais, François (c. 1494–1554), French writer 217
Raffaëlli, Jean-François (1850–1924), French artist 204, 235
Ramsgate 18
Raphael (Rafaello Sanzio) (1483–1520), Italian artist 291
Rappard, Anthon Gerard Alexander van (1858–1892), Dutch artist 33, 34, 36, 39–40, 43, 129–30, 132, 134, 154, 156, 159, 167, 190
Ravoux’s café 370, 371, 373, 392
Régamey, Félix Elie (1844–1907), French artist 109, 122
Régamey, Guillaume Urbain (1837–1875), French artist 122
Reid, Alexander (1854–1928), Scottish art dealer 229, 230, 236, 274
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), Dutch artist 23, 26, 28, 74, 100, 189, 191, 192–93, 205, 270, 275–78, 296, 336
Renan, (Joseph-Ernest) Ernest (1823–1892), French writer 319, 331
Rey, Dr Félix 298, 301, 304–5, 327
Ricard, Louis Gustave (1823–1873), French artist 295, 341
Rivet, Dr Louis 237–38, 341
Rochefort-Luçay, Victor Henri Marquis de (1831–1913), French journalist 217
Rochussen, Charles (1814–1894), Dutch artist 194
Rod, Edouard (1857–1910), Swiss writer 337
Roelofs, Willem (1822–1897), Dutch artist 34, 38, 84
Romano, Giulio (1499?–1546), Italian artist 205
Roulin, Joseph Etienne (1841–1903), postal worker in Arles and Marseille 224–25, 301, 305, 306
Roulin, Augustine, wife of Joseph Roulin 225, 307
Rousseau, Théodore (1812–1867), French artist 137, 295, 339, 341
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577–1640), Flemish artist 196, 204–6
Ruisdael, Jacob Isaackszoon van (1628/29–1682), Dutch artist 278
Russell, John Peter (1858–1930), Australian artist 230, 232, 271, 273, 274, 360–61
Saintes-Maries 242, 246, 247, 248–49
Saint-Paul de Mausole 300, 301, 301
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence 300, 301–2, 301, 318, 321–70, 324
Salles, Reverend Frédéric, Protestant clergyman 301, 362
Sarto, Andrea del (1486–1530), Italian artist 26
Scheffer, Ary (1795–1858), Dutch artist 26
Scheveningen 56, 89, 93, 114, 115, 118
Schmidt, Mr 40–41
Schuffenecker, Claude Emile (1851–1934), French artist 305
Segatori, Agostina, café owner and Vincent’s lover 200
Sensier, Alfred (1815–1877), writer 36, 134
Seurat, Georges (1859–1891), French artist 200, 244, 289
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), English playwright 23, 25, 26–27, 303, 331, 332
Siberdt, Eugène, teacher 210–11
Signac, Paul (1863–1935), French artist 200, 301, 313–16
Silvestre, Théophile (1823–1876), French writer 134, 277
Sisley, Alfred (1839–1899), French artist 281
Slade-Jones, Revd Thomas (1829–1883) 18, 20
Souvestre, Émile (1806–1854), French writer 28
Steen, Jan (1626–1679), Dutch artist 63
Stokes, William, teacher 18
Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (1811–1896), American writer 23, 26, 306, 319
Stricker-Carbentus (1816–1904), Mina, Vincent’s aunt 350
Stricker, Johannes Paulus (J.P.S. or Uncle Stricker) (1816–1886), Vincent’s uncle 19–20, 59–61
Tanguy, père Julien, paint merchant 271, 282, 285, 312, 326, 366, 376
Tassaert, Nicolas François Octave (1800–1874), French artist 97, 295
Tasset, Guillaume Charles (1843–1925), dealer in artists’ supplies 367, 377, 388
Tersteeg, Hermanus Gijsbertus (H.G.T., T. or Mr T.) (1845–1927), art dealer 16, 35–36, 69, 72, 74, 76, 79, 81, 85, 110, 114, 229–30, 231, 236, 251, 281, 342
Thoré, Etienne Joseph Théophile (pseudonym W. Bürger) (1807–1869), French art critic 162, 192–93
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Marie Raymond de (1864–1901), French artist 199–200, 243
Troyon, Constant (1810–1865), French artist 325
Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (1599–1660), Spanish artist 266, 275, 347
Verdier, Marcel-Antoine (1817–1856), French artist 295
Verlat, Charles (Karel) Michel Marie (1824–1890), Belgian artist, director of the Antwerp academy 206, 207
Vermeer, Johannes (Jan) (1632–1675), Dutch artist 278
Veronese (Paolo Caliari) (c. 1528–1609), Italian artist 206
Vignon, Victor Alfred Paul (1847–1909), French artist 231, 346
Voerman, Jan Sr (1857–1941), Dutch artist 388
Voltaire (François Marie Arouet) (1694–1778), French writer 217, 298, 335
Vos, Cornelia Adriana Stricker (Kee) (1846–1918), Vincent’s cousin 33, 35, 50, 51–54, 58–61, 63–67
Vosmaer, Carel, (1826–1888), Dutch art critic 258–59
Vos-Stricker, Jan 33, 59
Wagner, Richard (1813–1883), German composer 199, 313
Waldorp, Antonie (1803–1866), Dutch artist 194
Walker, Frederick (1840–1875), English artist 111
Watteau, Jean-Antoine (1684–1721), French artist 363
Weissenbruch, Johan Hendrik (Jan Hendrik) (1824–1903), Dutch artist 119, 321, 342
Whistler, James Abbot McNeill (1834–1903), American artist 171
Wilhelmus Johannes Leurs (1828–1895), dealer in artists supplies 116
Witkamp, Ernest (1854–1897), Dutch artist 193
Zahn, Albert von (1836–1873) German writer 38
Ziem, Félix (1821–1911), French artist 273, 363
Zola, Emile (1840–1902), French writer 92, 96, 99, 113, 207, 217–18, 276–77, 278, 284, 331
Zweeloo 132, 146–48