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    The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book: Complete Van Gogh Biography for Beginners
    The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book: Complete Van Gogh Biography for Beginners
    The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book: Complete Van Gogh Biography for Beginners
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    The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book: Complete Van Gogh Biography for Beginners

    By Liesbeth Heenk

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    An excellent introduction to Van Gogh's fascinating Life and Work


    Everyone is familiar with paintings such as "The Sunflowers” and “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. The intense vibrant colours and wavy brushworks will almost tell you immediately that the work is by the master. But what do you actually know about his life filled with hardships and sorrow?


    This book is a smooth introduction to the life and work of Van Gogh, written by an expert who draws from the vast number of letters written by the artist himself to his brother Theo, family and friends, to illustrate how he bravely faced life, art and mental illness.


    If you are an art lover and want to gain a greater appreciation for one of the most fascinating artists of all time, this book is recommended. By investing only one hour of your time you will gain a whole new perspective on Van Gogh's life and work.


    A very accessible introduction to understanding the art of Vincent Van Gogh.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAmsterdam Publishers
    Release dateJan 26, 2019
    ISBN9789492371355
    The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book: Complete Van Gogh Biography for Beginners
    Author

    Liesbeth Heenk

    मैं एक डच कला इतिहासकार हूँजिसे वैन गोह में विशेषज्ञता हासिल है। लाईडन विश्वविद्यालय से कला इतिहास में अपना बीए और एमए करने के बाद, मैंने १९९० में ओटेर्लो (नीदरलैंड) में क्रॉलर-मुलर संग्रहालय में आयोजित वैन गोह के चित्रों की शताब्दी प्रदर्शनी में एक सहायक क्यूरेटर के रूप में काम किया।इसके बाद मैंने लंदन जा कर डॉ. जॉन हाउस की देखरेख में 'कोर्टौल्ड इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ आर्ट' में अपना शोध-प्रबंध प्रारम्भ किया। मेरे शोध-प्रबंध का विषय "वैन गोह के चित्र: उनके कार्य एवं उपयोग का विश्लेषण" था।मैंने कई वर्षों तक वैन गोह के चित्रों का अध्ययन किया, विशेष रूप से चित्रों व कला के बीच संबंधो का। मैंने वैन गोह के सभी पत्रों को बारीकी से पढ़ा, लेकिन वैन गोह की टिप्पणियों जो उनके जीवन, बीमारी और एक कलाकार के रूप में महसूस करने के विषयों पर थी, को मैंने व्यक्तिगत मानते हुए उन्हें संज्ञानित नहीं किया। मैं स्वीकार करती हूँ कि उन पत्रों को पढ़ने के बाद मैंने तब अपनी राय बदली थी।मैं विन्सेंट वैन गोह को एक ऐसे मनुष्य के रूप में देखती हूँजो अपने कठिन जीवन के उद्देश्य से संघर्ष कर रहे थे, मैं उनके जीवन को उतना ही दिलचस्प मानती हूँ जितने उनके कार्य को। कलाकार को अपने लिए बोलने की अनुमति देकर मैं कलाकार के अन्तरद्वंद में कुछ अंतर्दृष्टि देने की आशा करती हूँ।

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      The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book - Liesbeth Heenk

      The 1-Hour Van Gogh Book

      Complete Van Gogh Biography for Beginners

      Liesbeth Heenk

      Author: Liesbeth Heenk

      Publisher: Amsterdam Publishers, The Netherlands

      ISBN paperback: 9789492371362

      ISBN ebook: 9789492371355

      Copyright © 2017-2018 by Liesbeth Heenk. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior written permission of the author.

      Contents

      Tragedy and Success

      The black sheep of the family

      A touching kind of toiling

      The Hague: on the road to success?

      Large, shaggy dog with wet paws

      The right time and the right place?

      High times and low times in Arles

      The asylum in Saint-Rémy

      The end in Auvers

      No modern art without Van Gogh

      When did Van Gogh become famous?

      The letters: world literature

      About the author

      Further reading

      Tragedy and Success

      Vincent van Gogh has gained worldwide recognition as an artist, his work sells for millions and Van Gogh paintings rank amongst the best and most powerful ever made. During only ten years time he managed to produce over 800 paintings and about a thousand drawings. Despite this large oeuvre, produced under difficult conditions, he only sold one painting and some drawings. The fact that his life was such a tragedy is stressed even more by the success of his work.

      In 1890, the year he died, Van Gogh was on the brink of a breakthrough as an artist. Yet, he felt depressed by the fact that he had still hardly sold anything. His brother Theo was happily married and focused more on his wife and new born son. In addition, Van Gogh felt that his livelihood was at risk because of troubles at the Paris art firm of Goupil where Theo worked as a manager. And he feared that his illness would come back and would eventually prevent him from working at all. In a fit of desperation he took his life.

      Van Gogh was denied the pride and satisfaction of selling his work, and noticing that his art really meant something to people. For this is what he really cared for: to make a valuable contribution to society by producing work that would offer consolation. Van Gogh felt that he had to 'earn' the life he was given and sacrificed his life to accomplish his mission.

      As soon as Van Gogh had decided to be an artist, he pursued his goals passionately and without compromise. His decision was unconditional, accepting the implication of social isolation. Had he not chosen to become an artist, he might have turned into a lonely and dejected person anyway due to his inability to conform to social conventions.

      He was an unsociable, stubborn man - tough on others, but also on himself. According to his younger brother Theo:

      There's something in the way he talks that makes people either love him or hate him [...] because he spares nothing or no one.

      He was also a sensitive and difficult person with little patience for people who did not see things the way he did. While Van Gogh was a great writer, he was inept at expressing himself verbally. And above all, a lonely soul, someone who desperately longed for friendship. He would only ever find this with his brother Theo, but even that relationship was an uneasy one at times.

      Van Gogh's mental breakdowns have often been regarded as the consequence of his artistic brilliance, conforming to the image we have of the artist as a mad genius. However, his illness appears to have been a form of epilepsy, unrelated to having artistic capabilities. Rather than benefiting from his 'madness', it hindered him in producing art. When he had a seizure he could not work at all. Perhaps being ill stimulated him to work as hard as possible, fearing he would not be granted much time.

      Vincent van Gogh, Selfportrait with straw hat, oil on canvas, Paris, July-August 1887 © Van Gogh

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