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Van Gogh paintings : the masterpieces / Belinda Thomson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2007Copyright date: This edition © 2007 Thames & Hudson Ltd., LondonDescription: 190 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour portraits. ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0500238383
  • 9780500238387 .
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- 1853-1885: The Low Countries: Dutch roots and intellectual formation -- 1885-1888: Antwerp and Paris: confronting the avant garde -- 1888: Arles: finding the south -- 1889-1890: Arles, Saint Rémy and Auvers sur Oise: Art as consolation
Summary: This superb book offers the reader a selection of the artist's most unforgettable canvases as well as some lesser-known examples, many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It explores the works in the context of Van Gogh's short but brilliant career, in which frequent spells of isolation still allowed lively engagement with his peers and the ideas of his time.
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General General ATU Mayo General Shelves Donation 759.9492 THO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J167867

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- 1853-1885: The Low Countries: Dutch roots and intellectual formation -- 1885-1888: Antwerp and Paris: confronting the avant garde -- 1888: Arles: finding the south -- 1889-1890: Arles, Saint Rémy and Auvers sur Oise: Art as consolation

This superb book offers the reader a selection of the artist's most unforgettable canvases as well as some lesser-known examples, many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It explores the works in the context of Van Gogh's short but brilliant career, in which frequent spells of isolation still allowed lively engagement with his peers and the ideas of his time.

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