Priscilla Bain-Smith
Art historian, artist, and free-lance photographer, spent sev-eral years researching Vincent van Gogh and his life in Paris, Auvers-sur-Oise, and Arles. A former college professor, Ms. Bain-Smith has created these walking tours which combine her love of Paris with her love of art history, in this case, the life of Vincent van Gogh. Ms. Bain-Smith has published in the Kentucky Review (French medieval man-uscripts) and has been a contributor in other publications. This is her first Parisian travel guide.

She is also an award-winning painter and has exhibited in New York City in SoHo, Tribeca, Chelsea, as well as numerous places around the country. Before the conception of this book, one of her paintings was exhibited in the town hall in Auvers-sur-Oise, directly across from Auberge Ravoux where Vincent died. She also exhibits her pho-tographs. Ms. Bain-Smith received a BA in art his-tory and painting from Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton), an MA in art history from the University of Kentucky (Lexington), MA from Cornell University (Ithaca) followed by three years of post-graduate work at Cornell.

The author resides in Brooklyn, surrounded by her books, paintings, and photographs, dreaming of the Paris Vincent knew...