Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise : his final months / Nienke Bakker, Emmanuel Coquery, Teio Meedendorp and Louis van Tilborgh (eds.) ; with essays by Bregje Gerritse, Sara Tas and Wouter van der Veen.
Publisher:
Thames & Hudson Ltd,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
252 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 30 x 25 cm
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, May 12 -September 3, 2023; and at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, October 3-February 4, 2024. Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-242).
Contents:
Vincent Van Gogh's final months -- Exploring auvers-sur-oise: people and places -- A rural village in all its aspects -- Charmed by flowers -- Drawing in auvers-sur-oise -- Timeless portraits: on melancholy and youth -- On the threshold of a 'new painting': the double-square works -- A short biography of unbearable suffering: Van Gogh's self-chosen end -- The first signs of recognition.
Summary:
"A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life. Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty drawings in the course of the intense, productive period leading up to his self-inflicted death on 29 July 1890. While the Portrait of Dr Gachet, The Church at Auvers and Wheatfield with Crows are numbered among his greatest masterpieces, this part of his oeuvre is otherwise less known - unfairly so - than the sunny landscapes he painted in the south of France. The book follows the artist from his arrival in Auvers-Sur-Oise, where he set to work full of hope and with fresh ambitions, through to his final weeks. Essays by leading Van Gogh specialists highlight his artistic ambitions and mental state during this final phase; his exploration of the Auvers landscape; the flower still-lifes, portraits and panoramic landscapes he painted there; the role played by his drawings; and his artistic reputation at the time of his death and in the years immediately afterwards. In addition to all the Auvers paintings, the book is richly illustrated with drawings, sketches, historical photographs and detailed maps of the places Van Gogh worked. Also featured are related works by contemporaries and predecessors whom he admired"--Publisher's description.
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