Van Gogh's Letters: The Mind of the Artist in Paintings, Drawings, and Words, 1875-1890

Van Gogh's Letters: The Mind of the Artist in Paintings, Drawings, and Words, 1875-1890
ISBN-10
1579128599
ISBN-13
9781579128593
Category
Art
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
2010-09-01
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
Author
H. Anna Suh

Description

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS. A beautifully illustrated book which pairs Van Gogh's passionate letters to family and friends with his paintings and newly popular drawings. They exhibit the artist's genius and depth of observation and feeling in its most naked form. Here, they have been excerpted and re-translated and set side-by-side with his drawings and paintings from the same period, 1875-1890.

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