Van Gogh

Condition: BRAND NEW ISBN: 9780300212129 Author(s): Sjraar van Heugten Format: Hardcover Language: English Year: 2015 Publisher: Yale University Press Pages: 264 Series: Agrarian Studies

Description: An unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the dawn of Van GoghA?s artistic career In 1878, at age 25, Vincent van Gogh (1853A?1890) arrived in the area of Belgium known as the Borinage to work as a Protestant evangelist in rural coal mining communities. He failed in that vocation, and after months of soul-searching, in August 1880, he decided to become an artist. This fascinating publication is the first to examine in depth Van GoghA?s time in the Borinage and his artistic development in the following years, when he created his works that in many cases have direct ties with this early period. A‚  Vivid essays tell the story of Van GoghA?s life in the mining communities, and the effect this environment had on his way of thinking and seeing the world. Augmenting the text are letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo from the Borinage, in which he describes his desire to sketch, and drawings that he modeled after prints of masterworks by artists such as Jean-FranA?§ois Millet. Other essays trace Van GoghA?s development as an artist in subsequent years, including his move to Brussels to fully pursue life as an artist. Thought-provoking examinations of works that Van Gogh completed after leaving the Borinage demonstrate how motifs that he developed thereA?rustic dwellings, laborers, agriculture, natureA?became themes that spanned his entire oeuvre. A‚ Distributed for Mercatorfonds and the MusA?©e des Beaux-Arts de Mons, BelgiumExhibition Schedule:Foundation Mons 2015, BelgiumA‚  (01/23/15A?05/17/15)

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