
Van Gogh
The Passionate Eye
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 18. May 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-500-30014-5 (ISBN)
Description
Through his intense vision Van Gogh was able to create paintings that speak directly to us all, and today this disturbed and rejected misfit is the most universally loved of all artists.
The story of his thirty seven years of poverty, loneliness and failure is in fact a triumphant saga of absolute dedication and the final realization of genius.
This extravagantly illustrated volume in the hugely popular New Horizons series, includes the story of his life; his relationships with his brother Theo and contemporaries such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro and Gauguin; his descent into madness and his eventual suicide.
As well as the many reproductions of paintings and drawings by Van Gogh and his contemporaries, extensive documentary evidence includes extracts from his letters, critical writings and documentary photographs.
The story of his thirty seven years of poverty, loneliness and failure is in fact a triumphant saga of absolute dedication and the final realization of genius.
This extravagantly illustrated volume in the hugely popular New Horizons series, includes the story of his life; his relationships with his brother Theo and contemporaries such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro and Gauguin; his descent into madness and his eventual suicide.
As well as the many reproductions of paintings and drawings by Van Gogh and his contemporaries, extensive documentary evidence includes extracts from his letters, critical writings and documentary photographs.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-30014-5 (9780500300145)
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Previous edition
Book
03/1992
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
€28.61
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Persons
Pascal Bonafoux is a French writer and art historian, whose books include Van Gogh: The Passionate Eye and Rembrandt: Substance and Shadow. His essays and articles have been widely published and he has also curated exhibitions around the world.