VAN GOGH AND NATURE

KENDALL RICHARD VAN HEUGTEN SJAAR STOLWIJK CHRIS

ISBN 10: 0300210299 / ISBN 13: 9780300210293

Published by CLARK ART INSTITUTE / YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, WILLIAMSTOWN MA, 2015

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BOOK IS AS NEW AND APPEARS UNREAD FULL NUMBER LINE BEAUTIFULLY PHOTOGRAPHED IN COLOR 157 COLOR PLATES PUBLISHED IN CONJUNTION WITH AN EXHIBIT HELD AT THE CLARK ART INSTITUTE ESSAYS ON VAN GOGH'S LOVE OF NATURE AND HOW IT WAS REFLECTED IN HIS PAINTIGS A FASCINATING LOOK INTO VAN GOGH'S THINKING AS AN ARTIST A GRAND BOOK WITH AN EQUALLY NICE JACKET.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: VAN GOGH AND NATURE
• Publisher: CLARK ART INSTITUTE / YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, WILLIAMSTOWN MA
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300210299
• ISBN 13: 9780300210293
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: PHOTOS
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

A revelatory study of the importance of nature in Van Gogh’s art throughout his life in Holland and France

The celebrated painter Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) had a lifelong fascination with the natural world. He spent his youth in rural Holland, and the country’s flat landscapes, trees, flowers, and birds would feature in his early art. After he moved to Paris, he encountered new radical thinking about art and humanity’s changing relationship with nature. Later, in Provence and Auvers, he discovered unfamiliar terrain, flora, and fauna that further influenced his artistic ideas and subject matter. Van Gogh’s images of such diverse environments reflect not only his immediate surroundings but also the artist’s evolving engagement with nature and art.
 
Van Gogh and Nature is an eye-opening and beautifully produced catalogue, which accompanied the best-attended special exhibition in the Clark Art Institute's history. It chronicles the artist’s ongoing relationship with nature throughout his entire career. Among the featured works are Van Gogh’s drawings and paintings, along with related materials that illuminate his reading, sources, and influences. Vivid color photography and explanatory texts based on new research by the authors clarify a central theme of Van Gogh’s oeuvre.  

Distributed for the Clark Art Institute

Exhibition Schedule:

Clark Art Institute
(06/14/15–09/13/15)

About the Author

Richard Kendall is curator-at-large at the Clark Art Institute. Sjraar van Heugten is former head of collections of the Van Gogh Museum and an independent art historian. Chris Stolwijk is director of the RKD Research Centre, The Hague, and former curator at the Van Gogh Museum.