Van Gogh's Table: At the Auberge Ravoux - Softcover

Leeman, Fred; Leaf, Alexandra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1579653154 ISBN 13: 9781579653156

Publisher: Artisan, 2006

Synopsis

At the Auberge Ravoux, in a tiny artists’ village twenty miles from Paris, Vincent Van Gogh found a measure of peace in his ill-starred life—and experienced an unparalleled burst of creativity, producing seventy masterpieces and studies. The Auberge still operates today as the Maison de Van Gogh. Little has changed since Van Gogh first set down his bags more than a century ago, and visitors are still treated to the comforting, delicious regional cuisine that he would have dined upon.

Here is a stirring view into Van Gogh’s world, as intimate as sharing poulet and pommes sautées with the artist himself. Written by the former Chief Curator of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam with one of America’s foremost culinary authorities, this unique cookbook/art book explores the role of the café in Van Gogh’s life. Includes more than 50 traditional recipes, ranging from hearty to refined, and 100 photographs, paintings, sketches, engravings, and letters, some never before seen in book form.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr. Fred Leeman is the former Chief Curator of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and is an independent organizer of fine-art exhibitions throughout the world.

Alexandra Leaf has lectured to museum audiences throughout the country on the food culture of Impressionist France. She pioneered the teaching of culinary history at the New School for Social Research, where she taught for many years. She is the author of The Impressionists’ Table.

From the Back Cover

At the Auberge Ravoux, in a tiny artists' village twenty miles from Paris, Vincent Van Gogh experienced a burst of creativity, producing some seventy works in an astounding seventy days. The auberge, his last home, operates today as the Maison de Van Gogh, and little has changed in the intervening century: visitors are still treated to the comforting, delicious cuisine that he would have enjoyed in 1890. Van Gogh's Table is an intimate view into this world, as revealing as sharing poulet and pommes sautées with the artist himself: fifty recipes; a richly detailed history of this period of the artist's life; a fascinating examination of the central role of the café in French culture; and carefully selected engravings, postcards, letters, and paintings, all woven together into a singular perspective on a man and a place, during a remarkable moment in history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Artisan
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579653154
• ISBN 13: 9781579653156
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224