Van Gogh at work
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Van Gogh at work
Van Gogh Museum , Mercatorfonds , Distributed by Yale University Press, c2013
- : Museum ed
- : Yale
- : Mercatorfonds
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"First published to accompany the exhibition Van Gogh at Work at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 1 May 2013-12 January 2014"
"The exhibition and catalogue were produced in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands and Shell Nederland."
Bibliography: p. 298
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Description
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is often considered to be a genius in a class of his own, an exceptional self-taught artist who paid little attention to the art world around him. In reality, Van Gogh learned extensively from others, exchanged ideas with his contemporaries, and often made use of prevailing methods and techniques to hone his skills. This extraordinary book explores the workmanship behind his artistry. The reader follows Van Gogh's quest to perfect his skills and the way he adopted various drawing and painting techniques; acquired information about materials; learned about the physical characteristics of canvases, paint, paper, chalk, and other materials; how he approached working on paper and canvas and which factors influenced his working practice. Showing his work alongside that of other artists demonstrates the degree to which he followed examples set by his contemporaries. Van Gogh's working methods are explored along with his most famous works, addressing such topics as the use of a perspective frame, colour theory, the influence of contemporaries and the famous repetitions of a theme as in the Sunflowers and the Bedroom series.
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