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Chargement... Vincent Van Gogh: LIfe, Work and Contemporariespar Van Gogh Museum
Information sur l'oeuvreVan Gogh Museum: Vincent van Gogh: Life, Work and Contemporaries par Marie Baarspul (Author)
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I loved this little book for its description of Van Gogh’s letters, many of which were to his dearly beloved brother Theo, which he illustrated (and by the way wow, imagine getting one of those, and compare it to today’s shorthand SMS texts). I also loved it for showing the context of the times, including side by side comparisons of Van Gogh’s works to others, e.g. The Potato Eaters, 1885, vs. Jozef Israels’ A Peasant Family at the Table, 1882, as well as Van Gogh’s painting of Agostina Segatori vs. Toulouse-Latrec’s in the same posture at a café table, both from 1887, made interesting all the more by the description that Van Gogh had had an affair with her for several months that year.
Not all of Van Gogh’s greatest works are here because the Van Gogh museum contains only a subset, but the sampling is across his entire life, and quite nice. Aside from those mentioned elsewhere in this review, the iconic Irises, 1890, and The Sower, 1888, stood out for me. And there are nice works from others illustrated here as well, for example, Breton’s Young Peasant Girl With a Hoe, 1882, and Camille Pisarro’s Route de Versailles, Rocqencourt, 1871.
In the guide, I would have liked a little bit more depth on the darker times, of the arguments with Gaugin that led to him lopping off an ear, of his depression and how it manifested itself in his final works (e.g. The Bedroom, 1888, with its somewhat skewed perspective, or Wheatfield with Crows, 1890, with its absolutely brilliant sense of despair). The works are reproduced here, but the insight into them is missing. However, this would probably have been beyond the scope of a guide book for a museum, and regardless, it’s certainly enjoyable. ( )