Van Gogh: The Passionate Eye

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Van Gogh: The Passionate Eye
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Pascal Bonafoux
By (author) Anthony Zielonka
SeriesNew Horizons
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 177,Width 125
Category/GenreImpressionism and post-Impressionism
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780500300145
ClassificationsDewey:759.9492
Audience
General
Illustrations Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 18 May 1992
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Through his intense vision Van Gogh was able to create paintings that speak directly to us all, and today this disturbed and rejected misfit is the most universally loved of all artists. The story of his thirty seven years of poverty, loneliness and failure is in fact a triumphant saga of absolute dedication and the final realization of genius. This extravagantly illustrated volume in the hugely popular New Horizons series, includes the story of his life; his relationships with his brother Theo and contemporaries such as Toulouse-Lautrec, Pissarro and Gauguin; his descent into madness and his eventual suicide. As well as the many reproductions of paintings and drawings by Van Gogh and his contemporaries, extensive documentary evidence includes extracts from his letters, critical writings and documentary photographs.

Author Biography

Pascal Bonafoux is a French writer and art historian, whose books include Van Gogh: The Passionate Eye and Rembrandt: Substance and Shadow. His essays and articles have been widely published and he has also curated exhibitions around the world.