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Author(s): Cornelia Homburg  
ISBN: 0233002170
ISBN-13: 9780233002170
Publisher: Andre Deutsch
Publication Date: 01 Oct 2007
Pages: 68pp (290 x 290mm)
Illustrations: approx. 220 colour & b&w photographs & maps
Format: Hardback
Published Price: £30.00
Treasures of Van Gogh
by Cornelia Homburg  
Outline
Classified as a Post-Impressionist, Van Gogh is perhaps one of the world's most famous and instantly recognisable artists. Famous almost as much for his embodiment of a tortured romantic artist as for his bold and usually distorted artworks, his works now fetch some of the highest prices in the world of fine art. This beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched project will be hugely popular as a collector's item for both Van Gogh's established fans and for those wishing to learn about him for the first time. With the inclusion of facsimiles of some 30 documents including Van Gogh's famous private letters, "The Treasures of Van Gogh" offers a unique insight into his life and works - from his childhood and youth in Zundert in southern Netherlands, the time he spent as a missionary and the gradual decline in his mental health that led him to cut off part of his ear and eventually to commit suicide.
Contents
Introduction; The Art Scene and Europe in the Nineteenth Century; Early Life and Schooling; Theo Van Gogh; Art Dealer and Preacher; The Letters; Baringe and Brussels; Character Studies; Etten; Illustrations/Pen and Ink and Pencil Works; The Hague and Drenthe; Nuenen; The Potato-Eaters; Paris; The Impressionists; Pointillism; The Early Exhibitions; Still Lifes; Arles; Gaugin; Landscapes; Sunflowers; Saint Remy; Art and Madness; Self Portraits; Auvers-sur-Oise; Van Gogh's Legacy; Posthumous Fame; Under the Hammer; Memorabilia translations; Index.