Vincent Van Gogh: Drawings & Painting
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Slipcase: good. Usual aging. Pages bright and clean. Binding tight.
A landmark work in art scholarship, this comprehensive two-volume folio set presents an authoritative survey of one of history's most emotionally charged and technically innovative artists. Authored by a distinguished team of scholars including Johannes van der Wolk and Ronald Pickvance, the volumes chronicle Van Gogh's evolution across the full arc of his career, from his early, labored studies of peasant life in the Netherlands to the electrifying, gestural masterpieces produced in Arles and Saint-Rémy. With a tone that is both rigorously academic and deeply appreciative, the text illuminates how drawing and painting were, for Van Gogh, inseparable modes of profound artistic expression. This folio edition is essential for the serious collector, as the dual-volume structure allows for an expansive presentation of plates and scholarly commentary that smaller formats cannot accommodate. Each essay and catalog entry details the formal qualities, psychological intensity, and historical context of individual works, offering readers an intimate window into the artist's restless creative mind. By masterfully bridging the gap between technical draftsmanship and canvas, this set remains an indispensable reference for any student of Post-Impressionism or the history of Western art.
Author: Johannes Van Der Wolk, Ronald Pickvance, E.B.F. Pey, Evert van Uitert, Louis van Tilborgh, Sjraar van Heugten
Format: Hardback
Published: 1990, Arnoldo Mondadori Arte / De Luca Edizioni d'Arte
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Slipcase: good. Usual aging. Pages bright and clean. Binding tight.
A landmark work in art scholarship, this comprehensive two-volume folio set presents an authoritative survey of one of history's most emotionally charged and technically innovative artists. Authored by a distinguished team of scholars including Johannes van der Wolk and Ronald Pickvance, the volumes chronicle Van Gogh's evolution across the full arc of his career, from his early, labored studies of peasant life in the Netherlands to the electrifying, gestural masterpieces produced in Arles and Saint-Rémy. With a tone that is both rigorously academic and deeply appreciative, the text illuminates how drawing and painting were, for Van Gogh, inseparable modes of profound artistic expression. This folio edition is essential for the serious collector, as the dual-volume structure allows for an expansive presentation of plates and scholarly commentary that smaller formats cannot accommodate. Each essay and catalog entry details the formal qualities, psychological intensity, and historical context of individual works, offering readers an intimate window into the artist's restless creative mind. By masterfully bridging the gap between technical draftsmanship and canvas, this set remains an indispensable reference for any student of Post-Impressionism or the history of Western art.