Vincent Van Gogh: The early years, 1880-1883The 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 moved to Paris, where he lived with his brother, Theo, in the vibrant artists' quarter of Montmartre. The next two years were extremely important to his development as an artist. He met fellow artists and art dealers, and observed changes in French painting at first hand. While a pupil in the studio of Fernand Cormon, he came into contact with other artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Emile Bernard. He continued to commit his surroundings to paper, as he had in Antwerp. The catalogue reproduces over 100 drawings and discusses their technique, subject, exhibition history and provenance. An introduction examines Van Gogh's artistic development and looks at questions of dating and attribution. |
Contents
FINE | 6 |
Van Goghs early years as a draughtsman | 13 |
Note to the reader | 38 |
Copyright | |
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Vincent Van Gogh Drawings: Complete Paintings and Drawings Sjraar Van Heugten,Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam No preview available - 1996 |
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1947 Groningen 1947 Rotterdam 1957 Stockholm 1973 on permanent Amster Amsterdam 1987 annotation Anthon van Rappard Antwerp April Vincent Art Gallery artist Bergen op Zoom black chalk Borinage Breda brown ink Brussels Cassagne catalogue number cm Watermark colour December digger Drenthe Dutch Etten EXHIBITIONS 1905 Amsterdam Faille Gelder Gogh Foundation Gogh Museum Gogh's grey Hague Heugten Hulsker J.G. van Gogh-Bonger January Kröller-Müller Museum la Faille 1970 laid paper letter to Theo LITERATURE London lower left Malmö natural chalk Nuenen opaque watercolour opaque white watercolour Otterlo paint Paris pen and brush pen in brown pencil permanent loan perspective frame posed probably PROVENANCE Rappard Rotterdam scene Scheveningen sheet Sien's Signed at lower sketch sou'wester sower Stedelijk Museum townscapes Traces of squaring V.W. van Gogh Van Gogh Museum Vanbeselaere 1937 Verso Vienna & Hannover Vincent Inv Vincent van Gogh Visser woman wove paper Zundert Zürich