Van Gogh's Van Goghs

Van Gogh's Van Goghs
by Richard Kendall

Van Gogh's Van Goghs
Our Price: $109.88
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $14.99 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


or

Book Summary Information

Author: Richard Kendall
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-10-01
ISBN: 0810963663
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Summary of Van Gogh's Van Goghs

This work is published to coincide with an exhibition in the USA of a group of Van Gogh's paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The collection is based on works acquired directly from the artist by his brother. Among the treasures reproduced here are "Potato Eaters", "The Bedroom" "Self Portrait as an Artist", Wheatfield with Crows", and "Harvest". Richard Kendall's essay addresses Van Gogh's major themes and the different phases of his career. John Leighton contributes a history of the Van Gogh Museum and a biography of the artist.
This lavish but manageable book is the catalog for one of the most successful van Gogh exhibitions ever (at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through January 3, 1999, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from January 17, 1999, to April 4, 1999). Judging from the haunting, beautifully reproduced paintings and drawings in the book--which range from the iconic to the rarely seen--it is easy to see why hordes of people keep pressing through overcrowded galleries to get a glimpse of the originals. The ones here are all from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, where most of Vincent's work resides.

Author Richard Kendall does a heroic job of writing van Gogh's tortured story one more time. Few artists have analyzed their own work with the clarity and insight Vincent brought to his. And Kendall relies heavily on Vincent's letters to his brother Theo, giving the reader broad access to the ultimate expert, the painter himself. The wealth of color plates is intoxicating--70 paintings, including The Potato Eaters and other early, gloomy works, a dozen self-portraits, Almond Blossom, Wheatfield with Crows, Butterflies and Poppies, The Bedroom, The Zouave, and The Courtesan (van Gogh's take on a Japanese geisha in full regalia).

It seems trivial to further praise the book's designers for holding it to only 150 pages, but the length makes an important difference. This is a volume that fits comfortably on the lap, to be perused and enjoyed at close range, for hours if you want, and not just displayed in unwieldy glory on a coffee table. --Peggy Moorman

Artists, A-Z Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Artists, A-Z Books
Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintings ImageRembrandt: His Life, His Paintings
by Gary Schwartz
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1991-11-05; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $48.50
Life with Lowry ImageLife with Lowry
by Tilly Marshall
Hutchinson; Published: 1981-02-16; Hardcover; Book
Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life ImageAndrew Wyeth: A Secret Life
by Richard Meryman
Harper; Published: 1996-10-11; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $21.97
Price in other shops: $35.00
Georg Baselitz: Paintings 1964-67 [exhibition: May 1-31, 1985] ImageGeorg Baselitz: Paintings 1964-67 [exhibition: May 1-31, 1985]
by Georg Baselitz
Anthony d'Offay Gallery; Paperback; Book
Florence and Its Beauty: A Practical Guidebook to the Town and Its Monuments with 350 Illustrations and a Plan of the Principal Places of Interest ImageFlorence and Its Beauty: A Practical Guidebook to the Town and Its Monuments with 350 Illustrations and a Plan of the Principal Places of Interest
by Sandra Orienti
G. Ramella - Florence, Italy; Published: 1956; Unknown Binding; Book
Lord of the Rings Sketchbook ImageLord of the Rings Sketchbook
by Alan Lee
Harpercollins Pb; Published: 2008-09-01; Hardcover; Book
Picasso ImagePicasso
by Patrick O'Brian
Harvill; Published: 1994; Paperback; Book
The Art of Adventure ImageThe Art of Adventure
by Galen Rowell
Collins Pub San Francisco; Published: 1989-09; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $14.92
Price in other shops: $19.95
Calder Jewelry ImageCalder Jewelry
Other Distribution; Published: 2007-12-17; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $359.99
POPism: The Warhol Sixties ImagePOPism: The Warhol Sixties
by Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett
Mariner Books; Published: 2006-09-05; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.58
Price in other shops: $14.00
Similar Books and other products
Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) ImageVincent Van Gogh: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
by Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein, Sjraar van Heugten, Marije Vellekoop
Metropolitan Museum of Art; Published: 2005-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $64.99
Price in other shops: $65.00
Cezanne (Big Art) ImageCezanne (Big Art)
by Hajo Dchting
Taschen; Published: 2009-06-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $49.99
Henri Matisse (Taschen Basic Art Series) ImageHenri Matisse (Taschen Basic Art Series)
by Gilles Neret
Taschen; Published: 2006-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $99.00
Van Gogh (25) ImageVan Gogh (25)
by Ingo F. Walther, Rainer Metzger
Taschen; Published: 2010-10-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $29.99
Lust for Life ImageLust for Life
by Irving Stone
Plume; Published: 1984-06-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.79
Price in other shops: $18.00
Monet Or The Triumph Of Impressionism (25) ImageMonet Or The Triumph Of Impressionism (25)
by Daniel Wildenstein
Taschen; Published: 2010-10-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $19.79
Price in other shops: $29.99
Van Gogh ImageVan Gogh
by Rainer Metzger, Ingo F Walther
Taschen; Published: 2008-01-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $128.95
Vincent's Colors ImageVincent's Colors
by Vincent van Gogh
Chronicle Books; Published: 2005-09-29; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $8.47
Price in other shops: $15.99
Van Gogh Paintings: The Masterpieces ImageVan Gogh Paintings: The Masterpieces
by Belinda Thomson
Thames & Hudson; Published: 2007-09-15; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $31.71
Price in other shops: $45.00
Van Gogh: The Life ImageVan Gogh: The Life
by Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith
Random House; Published: 2011-10-18; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $20.00
Price in other shops: $40.00