Van Gogh

by Robert Hughes (Editor), Claudia Di Palermo (Translator)

Il volume raccoglie 400 dipinti e disegni per ricostruire l'itinerario artistico e interiore di Vincent Van Gogh. Una panoramica esaustiva su uno dei più amati maestri della pittura moderna.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

430 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1979

About the author

Robert Studley Forrest Hughes, AO was an Australian art critic, writer and television documentary maker who has resided in New York since 1970. He was educated at St Ignatius' College, Riverview before going on to study arts and then architecture at the University of Sydney. At university, Hughes associated with the Sydney "Push" – a group of artists, writers, intellectuals and drinkers. Among the group were Germaine Greer and Clive James. Hughes, an aspiring artist and poet, abandoned his university endeavours to become first a cartoonist and then an art critic for the Sydney periodical The Observer, edited by Donald Horne. Around this time he wrote a history of Australian painting, titled The Art of Australia, which is still considered to be an important work. It was published in 1966. Hughes was also briefly involved in the original Sydney version of Oz magazine, and wrote art criticism for The Nation and The Sunday Mirror.

Hughes left Australia for Europe in 1964, living for a time in Italy before settling in London, England (1965) where he wrote for The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, The Times and The Observer, among others, and contributed to the London version of Oz. In 1970 he obtained the position of art critic for TIME magazine and he moved to New York. He quickly established himself in the United States as an influential art critic.In 1975, he and Don Brady provided the narration for the film Protected, a documentary showing what life was like for Indigenous Australians on Palm Island.

In 1980, the BBC broadcast The Shock of the New, Hughes's television series on the development of modern art since the Impressionists. It was accompanied by a book of the same name; its combination of insight, wit and accessibility are still widely praised. In 1987, The Fatal Shore, Hughes's study of the British penal colonies and early European settlement of Australia, became an international best-seller.

Hughes provided commentary on the work of artist Robert Crumb in parts of the 1994 film Crumb, calling Crumb "the American Breughel". His 1997 television series American Visions reviewed the history of American art since the Revolution. He was again dismissive of much recent art; this time, sculptor Jeff Koons was subjected to criticism. Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore (2000) was a series musing on modern Australia and Hughes's relationship with it. Hughes's 2002 documentary on the painter Francisco Goya, Goya: Crazy Like a Genius, was broadcast on the first night of the BBC's domestic digital service. Hughes created a one hour update to The Shock of the New. Titled The New Shock of the New, the program aired first in 2004. Hughes published the first volume of his memoirs, Things I Didn’t Know, in 2006.

Reviews

[Drew Canole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam today. They've presented the pieces as a journey through the emotional life of the artist.

It was really exciting turning around a corner and being confronted with the original painting of an image I've seen countless times in my life. Bedroom in Arles and The Potato Eaters were two such paintings.

It was also interesting to see paintings by his contemporaries and friends. They had a collection of Gauguin, especially of the paintings he did while in Martinique. I think Mango Pickers may have been my favorite painting of the day.

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I'm obviously not very familiar with Van Gogh's work... I was very taken back by his later work including Tree Roots. Honestly, it was fantastic to discover favorites for the first time in person.

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[margo✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish i could hang this book on my wall and change everyday the paintings

[Jesús Rivas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libro súper cortito pero muy bueno. Compila la biografía de Van Gogh junto con sus obras más destacadas.

[Sara Bostan · Rating 5 out of 5]

am terminat-o intr-o ora, 40 minute citit si 20 studiatul picturilor. in ciuda problemelor lui, imi place mult de vincent si perceperea lui asupra artei, ceva de apreciat.
m-a atins mult una din scrisorile lui trimise catre theo, zicand asa "they are vast fields of wheat under troubled skies, and i did not need to go out of my way to try to express sadness and extreme loneliness"

[Alexa Mir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Esta padre, es una las compras que más quería empezar a leer de la FIL. Si quieres saber más sobre Van Gogh y su arte con este libro puedes aprender bastante. Es breve y ligero.

[Ginny-Sunny Weasley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiroiva ja tiivis, mukaansatempaava ja kiehtova läpyskä. Luin junassa ja lentokoneessa taidematkallani Pariisiin, joten lukumuistoni ovat ikuisesti yhteydessä siihen.

[Vale G · Rating 4 out of 5]

termine esta genial descripción de la vida de Van Gogh durante una hora y media. Habla desde su infancia, el inicio de sus pinturas y su relación muy especial con su hermano menor Theo. Fue un artista solitario que reflejo su tristeza en cada una de sus obras.

[David Chacon Cisterna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Brevisimo y poco organizado recorrido

En poco más de media hora de lectura, se pueden apreciar detalles biográficos de la vida del pintor obsesionado con la naturaleza y el espíritu del evangelio. Falta mucho orden y edición en la entrega de los contenidos.

[Erik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice reproductions of several of Van Gogh's paintings. Colors pop and pages are sturdy. Each painting has a fact or quote from Van Gogh on the back.