A Fire in His Soul Van Gogh, Paris, and the Making of an ArtistSynopsis The fascinating story of Vincent van Goghs two groundbreaking years in Paris, where he transformed himself from a provincial unknown into one of the worlds great visionary artists. Vincent Van Gogh arrived in the French capital on the last day of February 1886, a month short of his thirty third birthday. He was a man beaten down by life, half starved, and nearly broken psychologically. He was saved by his brother Theo, who provided him with