Vincent Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings: Etten, April 1881-Paris, February 1888 - Softcover

Walther, Ingo F.; Metzger, Rainer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3822812153 ISBN 13: 9783822812150

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2001

Synopsis

The amazing work of a tormented soul Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. He lived an unhappy and difficult life during which his work received almost no appreciation—finally killing himself by a bullet to the chest, so great was his despair—and is now widely considered one of the most important painters of all time, his works fetching record prices of tens of millions of dollars at auction. This comprehensive study of Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) represents a rarity in art history: a detailed monograph on his life and art combined with a complete catalogue of his 871 paintings. These volumes also reproduce most of Van Gogh's paintings in color.

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About the Author:

About the authors:
Rainer Metzger studied art history, history and German studies in Munich and Augsburg. He received his doctorate in 1994, and has worked as a fine arts journalist for the Viennese newspaper Der Standard. He has written numerous books on art, including volumes on van Gogh and Chagall.

Ingo F. Walther (1940-2007) was born in Berlin and studied medieval studies, literature, and art history in Frankfurt am Main and Munich. He has published numerous books on the art of the Middle Ages and of the 19th and 20th centuries. Walther's many titles for TASCHEN include Picasso, Art of the 20th Century, and Codices Illustres

Review:

'Succeeds in capturing the brutality and magnetism of his works' Art Press, Paris

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 3822812153
• ISBN 13: 9783822812150
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 740