"Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is often considered to be a genius in a class of his own, an exceptional self-taught artist who paid little attention to the art world around him. In reality, Van Gogh learned extensively from others, exchanged ideas with his contemporaries, and often made use of prevailing methods and techniques to hone his skills. This extraordinary book explores the workmanship behind his artistry. The reader follows Van ..."
"The collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam contains almost 200 drawings from the years in which Vincent Van Gogh worked in the south of France: Arles, Saint-Remy and Auvers-sur-Oise. These are catalogued here in one extensive volume, which forms the largest and final part of the complete catalogue of Van Gogh drawings in the Van Gogh Museum's collections. In February 1888, Van Gogh settled in Arles, where he was extraordinarily p ..."
"Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein, Sjraar van Heugten and Marije Vellekoop Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) believed that drawing was 'the root of everything'. A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist's successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking co ..."
"The third volume in the series of Vincent Van Gogh drawings in the Van Gogh Museum features his Antwerp and Paris works. At the end of November 1885, Van Gogh went to Antwerp, where he attended lessons in drawing from plaster casts of classical statues at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten. He was also an active member of drawing clubs. At the beginning of March 1886, Van Gogh then moved to Paris, where he lived with his bro ..."
"The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is the custodian of more than 200 paintings and some 500 drawings by Vincent Van Gogh. It is the largest and most representative collection of his work in the world. The museum's holdings, which came from the Van Gogh family, are being made accessible through a series of detailed collection catalogues. The paintings will be discussed in three volumes, the drawings in five. Vincent Van Gogh Paintings Vol ..."
Printmaking in Paris(Updated) The Rage for Prints at the Fin de Siècle (Mercatorfonds) by MarijeVellekoop Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 2013 by Mercatorfonds ISBN-13: 978-0-300-19730-3, ISBN: 0-300-19730-6
" In the years between 1890 and 1905, Paris witnessed a revolution in printmaking. Before this time, prints had primarily served reproductive or political ends, but, as the century came to a close, artistic quality became paramount, and printmaking blossomed into an autonomous art form. This gorgeously illustrated and accessibly written book looks at the circumstances in which this terrific new enthusiasm for prints unfolded; the princi ..."
" Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890) believed that drawing was "the root of everything." A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist's successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played ..."
" Vincent van Gogh may be the best-loved artist in the world today. His brilliant colors and energetic brushwork have a passionate appeal that touches nearly everyone. Few people, however, are familiar with van Gogh’s drawings. Van Gogh: Master Draughtsman will bring the reader to a new world of this astonishing artist’s imagination, a sensuous world of toned papers, vibrant lines of chalk and pen, veils of watercolor and pastel, and sp ..."
"Vincent van Gogh's work has had a profound influence on twentieth-century art, and his extraordinary life is almost as renowned as his paintings. A prolific artist, he produced hundreds of paintings and drawings in a career lasting a mere ten years - the last ten years of his life. The largest and most representative collection in the world of Van Gogh's work once belonged to the Van Gogh family, and is now held at the Van Gogh Museum ..."
"The second in the eight-volume catalogue raisonne of Van Gogh's drawings and paintings in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, this volume examines the drawings the artist made during his two-year stay in the Brabant village of Nuenen. After several personal disappointments, including the break-up of his relationship with Casina (Sien) Hoornik, with whom he had been living for a year, Van Gogh decides to move to Drente, a ..."
"This groundbreaking publication, a companion to Van Gogh at Work (see opposite), shows how the artist experimented with an enormous range of materials and techniques in his paintings and drawings. The result of an extensive research project carried out by the Van Gogh Museum, Shell, and the Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage, this book discusses the artist's decisions to work with certain supports, priming layers, pigments, and ..."
"“All my work is based to some extent on Japanese art” ―Vincent van Gogh, to his brother Theo, July 15, 1888One hundred and fifty years ago, Vincent van Gogh fell under the enticing spell of Japanese printmaking while working in Paris. He bought over six hundred Japanese prints and displayed them in his studio as inspiration.Van Gogh admired the prints’ mastery of strong colors, everyday subjects, unusual spatial effects, and delicate de ..."
"An unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the dawn of Van Gogh’s artistic career In 1878, at age 25, Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) arrived in the area of Belgium known as the Borinage to work as a Protestant evangelist in rural coal mining communities. He failed in that vocation, and after months of soul-searching, in August 1880, he decided to become an artist. This fascinating publication is the first to examine in depth Van Gogh’s tim ..."
"Accompanying the groundbreaking exhibition currently at the Van Gogh Museum, this publication features new information on Van Gogh's self-inflicted wound to his ear as well as identifying the revolver that was likely used in his suicide The mental state of Vincent van Gogh (1853--1890) has been a perennial source of discussion and conjecture since his death by suicide. Was he mentally ill or a genius? What was the precise nature of Van ..."
"Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) believed that drawing was the root of everything.â A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artistâs successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played in Va ..."
"Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) believed that drawing was "the root of everything." A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist's successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played in Van Go ..."
"Published to accompany the major exhibition at The Van Gogh Museum, this lavish volume is the first to trace Vincent Van Gogh's decade-long achievement as a draughtsman. It features about 110 of the artist's finest works in pen and ink, graphite, chalk, charcoal and watercolour, as well as a group of related paintings, all of which offer extraordinary insight into Van Gogh's ongoing development as an artist."
"Finding Patterns reviews words with initial digraphs ch, sh, th, and wh. Children find patterns in colors, shapes, and numbers in the pictures of this book. This is the companion book to Who Will Win?Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable price ..."
"Vincent van Gogh’s *Sunflowers* are seen by many as icons of Western European art. Two of these masterpieces — the first version painted in August 1888 (The National Gallery, London) and the painting made after it in January 1889 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) — have been the subject of a detailed comparison by an interdisciplinary team of experts. The pictures were examined in unprecedented depth using a broad array of techniques, ..."