On a dark night in Provence in December 1888 Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is an act that has come to define him. Yet for more than a century biographers and historians seeking definitive facts about what happened that night have been left with more questions than answers…
An illustrated biography of Vincent van Gogh, one of the most important artists of all time.
Beyond the sunflowers, irises and portrait of Doctor Gachet, there is the man Van Gogh, signified by his fragility and talent. From his birth in 1853 to his death in 1890, the Post-Impressionist Van Gogh shaped 19th-century concepts of painting over the course of several years w…
La vie et l'œuvre de Van Gogh sont si étroitement liés qu'il est quasiment impossible de distinguer l'un de l'autre. En observant ses peintures, on découvre un panorama de l'histoire de sa vie - une vie maintenant considérée comme légendaire. Van Gogh est devenu l'incarnation de…
La vie et l'œuvre de Van Gogh sont si étroitement liés qu'il est quasiment impossible de distinguer l'un de l'autre. En observant ses peintures, on découvre un panorama de l'histoire de sa vie - une vie maintenant considérée comme légendaire. Van Gogh est devenu l'incarnation de…
Vincent van Gogh's life and work are so intertwined that it is hardly possible to observe one without thinking of the other. Van Gogh has indeed become the incarnation of the suffering, misunderstood martyr of modern art, the emblem of the artist as an outsider. An article, publ…
In The Work of Art, Anthea Callen explores the paintings, self-portraits, portraits of fellow artists, photographs, prints and studio images of nineteenth-century French landscape painters including the Impressionists. At the same time she considers the emergence of modern artis…
In The Work of Art, Anthea Callen explores the paintings, self-portraits, portraits of fellow artists, photographs, prints and studio images of nineteenth-century French landscape painters including the Impressionists. At the same time she considers the emergence of modern artis…
