Vincent's Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Van GoghVincent van Gogh felt a profound empathy with the natural environment and considered the spiritual essence of trees to be comparable with that of human figures. This superbly illustrated book traces van Goghs development as a painter of trees, from the distinctive pollard willows of his home province of North Brabant to the cypress and olive trees of Provence to the parks of Paris. Ralph Skea discusses van Gogh's early life in the Netherlands; his