Vincent van gogh illness

Site_link post a comment Vincent Van Gogh life work and contemporariesVan Gogh is such an appealing artist because of his talent having infused beautiful color and a feeling of connection into his paintings but also because of his vulnerability He was filled with self doubt and only became an artist after a crisis at age 27 had left him wondering what to do with his life After his rapid evolution from the realism of The Netherlands to the impressionists in Paris he idealistically planned an artist s colony and brotherhood in Arles when of course events in reality would have him arguing violently with the friend closest to him and then plumbing the depths of depression He sold only one yes one of the roughly 900 paintings he produced in the ten years of work prior to his suicide at the age of 37 regrettably at the height of his powers. Vincent van gogh self portrait I loved this little book for its description of Van Gogh s letters many of which were to his dearly beloved brother Theo which he illustrated and by the way wow imagine getting one of those and compare it to today s shorthand SMS texts I also loved it for showing the context of the times including side by side comparisons of Van Gogh s works to others e. Vincent van gogh documental g The Potato Eaters 1885 vs Jozef Israels A Peasant Family at the Table 1882 as well as Van Gogh s painting of Agostina Segatori vs Toulouse Latrec s in the same posture at a caf table both from 1887 made interesting all the by the description that Van Gogh had had an affair with her for several months that year And there are then of course the paintings They are certainly not all here because the Van Gogh museum contains only a subset of his works but the sampling is across his entire life and quite nice Aside from those mentioned elsewhere in this review the iconic Irises 1890 and The Sower 1888 stood out for me And there are nice works from others illustrated here as well for example Breton s Young Peasant Girl With a Hoe 1882 and Camille Pisarro s Route de Versailles Rocqencourt 1871. Vincent van gogh cherry blossom In the guide I would have liked a little bit depth on the darker times of the arguments with Gaugin that led to him lopping off an ear of his depression and how it manifested itself in his final works e. Vincent van gogh schilderijen g The Bedroom 1888 with its somewhat skewed perspective or Wheatfield with Crows 1890 with its absolutely brilliant sense of despair The works are reproduced here but the insight into them is missing However perhaps this would have been going beyond the scope of a guide book for a museum and regardless it s certainly enjoyable Geri Klazema A nice hand book to read after visiting the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam It covers the different aspects of Van Gogh s life work influences and the effect his work had on others Geri Klazema Marie Baarspul and Roelie Zwikker take us on an excellent tour of the Van Gogh Museum through a well edited guide that is both informative in terms of the life of the artist and also his work as well as the museum collection The short texts provide enough flavour to the adjoining pictures to allow the reader to explore the work in detail without imposed didacticism For those that have visited the museum this is a welcomed second tour Geri Klazema