Following Van Gogh
by Tea Gudek Šnajdar
Released June 2025
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“A perfect story for lovers of both art and crime novels…You’ll explore one of the most exciting periods in art history while gaining insight into the black market…A captivating tale that you can read in one sitting”
Following Van Gogh
Author: Tea Gudek Snajdar
Cover Design: Cigdem Guven
Editor & Proofreader: Rebecca Blunden
ISBN/EAN: 978-90-834057-1-1 (text: English)
Paperback available in NL and worldwide, €24,99
Also available as eBook on Kobo, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords, €9,99
“More than anything, he wanted to paint people.”
1880s: Aspiring artist, Vincent van Gogh, struggles with the Dutch winds along the coastal town of Scheveningen, trying to paint against all odds. Vincent’s ensuing quest to learn and grow sees him travelling across three countries in search of his own iconic style of art.
2024: Slightly bored, directionless, and haunted by family trauma, museum guide, Lizzy, leaps at the chance to research a mysterious painting she is entrusted with by a stranger. The painting leads her into intrigue, danger and scandal, but it also draws her to people who change her life for the better. All because she is following Van Gogh.
Released June 2025
Following Van Gogh
About the author, Tea Gudek Šnajdar
Tea is an art historian and blogger behind the Culture Tourist, a travel blog focused on European destinations’ art, history and culture, with occasional trips outside the Old Continent.
Tea has always loved art. During her studies, when she started working as a museum guide, she realized how many people are intimidated by art and found museums to be scary places where art is reserved only for the few who understand it. So, she dedicated her work to making art more understandable, enjoyable and less scary.
After receiving her MA degree in Art History, she moved from her home town, Zagreb (Croatia), to Amsterdam. And found that to be a great opportunity to start her own business.
After working in museums and getting some experience in the travel industry, she wanted to combine art and travel in her work. She started organizing private museum tours at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum.
To make art pieces come to life, she researched where famous painters, like Van Gogh, lived and worked. And how you can still follow their footsteps in many places in Europe. She created a mobile app Rembrandt in Amsterdam and wrote a lot about the places linked to Van Gogh in the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Besides writing on her blog, she also writes articles about cultural tourism and art for magazines and online publications.
She’s currently writing her debut novel, Following Van Gogh. Stay tuned!
