Vincent's choice : the musée imaginaire of Van Gogh / Chris Stolwijk [and others], eds. ; with the assistance of Nienke Bakker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stolwijk, Chris.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890--Exhibitions.

Gogh, Vincent van.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.

Painting--Exhibitions.

Painting.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Van Gogh Museum ; Antwerp : Mercatorfonds, [2003]

Summary:

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 14 Feb.-15 June, 2003. Included are some of Van Gogh's own works, along with works of other artists who influenced him. Catalog entries are accompanied by quotations from Van Gogh's letters. Approximately half of the work consists of essays on Van Gogh.

Contents:

Foreword / John Leighton

Acknowledgments

Introduction : A passion for art : Vincent Van Gogh's taste / Sjraar van Heugten and Chris Stolwijk

Vincent Van Gogh's belief in art as consolation / Leo Jansen

Van Gogh's nature / Chris Stolwijk

Van Gogh's teachers / Roelie Zwikker

An avid reader : Van Gogh and literature / Wouter van der Veen

'Christ, this is a great artist' : Van Gogh's socio-religious canon of art / Joan Greer

Van Gogh's taste for reality, on earth as it is in heaven / Evert van Uitert

On rustics and labourers : Van Gogh and 'the people' / Nienke Bakker

'Rummaging among my woodcuts' : Van Gogh and the graphic arts / Hans Luijten

Vincent van Gogh and the avant-garde : colleagues, competitors, friends / Cornelia Homburg

Working in black-and-white and colour : Van Gogh's regard for tonality and technique / Sjraar van Heugten

Notes

Bibliography

Catalogue

Chronology

Checklist

Lenders

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-144) and index.

ISBN:

9061535328

OCLC:

51891838