Vincent's portraits : paintings and drawings by Van Gogh / Ralph Skea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skea, Ralph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890--Criticism and interpretation.

Gogh, Vincent van.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890--Self-portraits.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.

Portrait painting, Dutch--19th century.

Portrait painting, Dutch.

Self-portraits, Dutch--19th century.

Self-portraits, Dutch.

Self-portraits.

Criticism and interpretation.

Local Subjects:

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890--Criticism and interpretation.

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890--Self-portraits.

Self-portraits, Dutch--19th century.

Portrait painting, Dutch--19th century.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Self-portraits.

Physical Description:

112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 2018.

Summary:

Despite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers, still-lifes, gardens, landscapes, and city scenes, Vincent van Gogh himself believed that his portraits constituted his most important works. Like other post-Impressionists, Van Gogh sought to capture the essential character of his models by means of expressive color and brushwork. Vincent's Portraits reflects the strong visual impact with which the artist captured the energy of contemporary life. In this dramatic set of portraits created during Van Gogh's ten-year career, the reader sees his desire to record a number of themes, from the plight of the agricultural workers in his native Brabant and the destitution of prostitutes and their children in urban Europe to the lives of his cosmopolitan acquaintances in Paris, including café owners and art dealers. It was here that he began his remarkable sequence of self-portraits.

Contents:

"And painted portraits have a life of their own that comes from deep in the soul of the painter ..."

The Netherlands

Paris

Arles

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

Auvers-sur-Oise.

Notes:

"With 87 illustrations."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-112).

Contains:

Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780500519660

0500519668

OCLC:

1026357972