When the young Vincent Van Gogh left his parents' house, only his younger brother Theo regretted it. The two meet again in London, where Vincent is denied success as an art dealer because he is unable to adjust to the usual business practices. Even studying theology with its scholarly externals didn't appeal to the pastor's son, as a lay preacher he experienced the misery of the miners in Belgium. Van Gogh was not very satisfied with his artistic beginnings as a painter until he experienced liberation in Arles in collaboration with Gaugin.—Ulf Kjell Gür