Van Gogh in Arles"In Arles, Vincent van Gogh was seized by a dramatic passion for painting. Inspired by the lights and colors when he first arrived in this little town hundreds of miles from his native Holland in 1888, in just over a year he painted several hundred works in a frenzy of artistic activity." "Van Gogh in Arles is a stirring account that reflects the hectic artistic pace of the artist's time in Arles. It describes how he achieved the pinnacle of artistic perfection, and how a constant, self-inflicted pressure took its toll, causing him to be admitted into a sanatorium." "The authoritative text dispenses with the myth and speculation that surround this period of Van Gogh's life, and uses firm evidence - Van Gogh's 796 published letters to his younger brother Theo - to place the artist in a dramatic new light: he is established as a stranger among strangers, having had little time away from his work to socialize in his new environment. The book also identifies Van Gogh's ambition to create a new form of art, and carefully documents and analyzes his artistic development in those frenetic times."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Albert Aurier Arles Arlésienne art dealers Goupil art historian art market artist become blue Borinage brother Theo Brussels Café Terrace colleague color completed December Delacroix described Drawbridge drawings Emile Bernard Etten Eugène Boch February feel francs gallery Georges Seurat Ginoux Gogh in Arles Gogh wrote Gogh's Goupil & Cie Hague hope hospital Ibid illus Impressionism Impressionist Jan Hulsker January Japan Japanese John Rewald Joseph Roulin later letter to Theo London March Meyer Schapiro Millet months Mousmé moved Munich Musée Nuenen Oil on canvas Orchard paint painter Paris Pastor Salles Paul Gauguin Paul Signac plans Portrait Potato Eaters Rhône Saint-Rémy Schneede Segatori Self-Portrait sister Wil Sower with Setting Starry Night stars studies sunflower pictures Tanguy Terrace at Night Theo van Gogh Theo's things tion tones town tures Vincent van Gogh wanted weeks words wrote to Theo Yellow House Zouaves