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Van Gogh and the olive groves
Title:
Van Gogh and the olive groves
Author:
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890, artist.
ISBN:
9780300260076
Publication Information:
Dallas, Texas : Dallas Museum of Art ; New Haven, Connecticut : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2021.
Physical Description:
215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
General Note:
Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, October 17, 2021-February 6, 2022; and Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, March 11-June 12, 2022.
Contents:
Between hope and agony : Van Gogh at the asylum / The olive groves in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence / Symbolism and seriality : Van Gogh and the olive groves / Van Gogh, olive trees, and his search for what turned out to be a modern pastoral / Creating olive groves in Saint-Rémy : a comparative study of Van Gogh's painting technique and materials
Abstract:
"'Van Gogh and the Olive Groves' reunites for the first time the important series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) dedicated to the motif of olive trees during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Remy-de-Provence. The book contextualizes this work within Van Gogh's artistic production and explores its deeply personal, often religious resonance. It also features in-depth findings on the artist's technique, materials, and palette resulting from a three-year cross-disciplinary conservation science research project that rigorously examined all 15 paintings. Of particular interest are new discoveries concerning Van Gogh's use of unstable pigments, his application of paint en plein air versus in the studio, and the chronology of the series. Produced between June and December 1889, this bold and highly experimental series employs the motif as a constant in the artist's passionate investigation of the expressive powers of color, line, and subject. Painting the olive trees at different times of day and in different seasons was a quest to unlock their quintessential features, which to him represented the spirit of Provence."--Provided by distributor.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
Field 805:
npmlib 11100326 ND653.G7 A4 os2
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