Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) - Hardcover

Ives, Colta; Susan Alyson Stein; Sjraar Van Heugten; Marije Vellekoop

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 030010720X ISBN 13: 9780300107203

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005

Synopsis

Vincent van Gogh (1853 1890) believed that drawing was the root of everything.” A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist’s successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played in Van Gogh’s artistic conception and the rich dialectic they enjoyed with his oil paintings, a small selection of related canvases by the artist is also featured.

This beautiful book presents approximately 120 works in charcoal, ink, graphite, watercolor, and diluted oils. The authors explore enduring questions that surround Van Gogh’s drawings, including their manufacture, artistic precedents, and contribution to Modernism. In addition, the text discusses the significance of the artist’s drawing practice to his development as a painter. The essays and entries feature the most current research on Van Gogh’s drawings and provide fresh interpretations of the motivating influences that shaped the artist’s contributions to the history of drawing.

About this title

Book Description:

This book takes a comprehensive look at Vincent van Gogh’s beautiful and varied drawings, showcasing about 120 of his works in charcoal, chalk, ink, graphite, and watercolor. The authors discuss the impact of Van Gogh’s drawing practice on his development as a painter and examine his contributions to the history of drawing.

About the Author:

Colta Ives is Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, and Susan Alyson Stein is Curator, Department of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Sjraar Van Heugten is Chief Curator and Marije Vellekoop is Curator of Drawings at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

About this edition

• Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 030010720X
• ISBN 13: 9780300107203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392