Van Gogh: 99 Watercolors

by Narim Bender

Vincent van Gogh drew thousands of images to better his style. He believed that drawing was "the root of everything”.In just over a decade, he produced more than 2100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. He produced nearly 150 watercolor paintings during his life. Similar to his drawings, Van Gogh often did watercolors as studies before doing an oil painting or as practice. As he continued to refine his technique, he used more and brighter colors in his watercolors. Though often they are far away from his bold brush strokes, the Van Gogh's watercolors are a unique in their use of clear and vibrant colors.

Genres: Art

116 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 6, 2013

Reviews

[Flo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pink peach trees, 1888, watercolor, Van Gogh Museum


The heath with the wheelbarrow, 1883, watercolor

The paintings are, of course, beautiful. I can't say the same about the edition that includes some awfully redundant descriptions.

Jan 19, 19
* Maybe later on my blog.

[Morris Nelms · Rating 4 out of 5]

The watercolors Van Gogh did in the latter part of his life are as good as any of his famous oil paintings, though they do not, and of course can not, explore the use of texture as he does with oil.
The selection of paintings is very good, though I would have preferred more of his brightly colored work and less of the Hague period where everything looks like The Potato Eaters.
The text is good, but a bit repetitive.

[Jean Marrapodi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely Pictures

This is a nice collection of Van Hogg’s lesser known pieces. The book is frustrating to read though. Each description is written as a stand alone piece, so there are redundancies of his life story in the text, and it jumps around chronologically rather than telling a cohesive story.

[Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating short read, primarily focuses on van Gogh’s watercolor studies. The text isn’t entirely in chronological order and it had several grammatical issues, but the book itself is a delightful treat. I thoroughly enjoyed the neat artwork and recommend it to those who delight in van Gogh and his genius.
It’s available for only .99 cents for Kindle.

[Bonnie Sommer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Van Gogh's development in watercolor painting

I liked seeing Van Gogh's early watercolors and his development of his renowned style over time. More info about the paintings would have been appreciated.

[Patsy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Vincent's art so much! It is wonderful that this book has compiled his watercolors.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

you thought you knew Van Gogh, did you know he painted with watercolors?!

[Howard2nd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Artist Great Works

The range of work illuminates his career. You can see technique and emotion displayed. I will never be that good, but I learn from every picture.

[Hitesh Bhatt · Rating 3 out of 5]

It does show van bogus drawing over watercolors

Not a bad book for aspirants. It's got basic gist on van Gogh' work. Good for beginners. It's good book.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly enjoyed.

Felt I was watching Vincent grow and advance in his artistry as well as experiencing the ever changing emotional challenges....the ups and downs. This reading and the many illustrations created a marvelous connection to an exceptional and complex man, artist, brother. Most pleased to have read!

[Joseph Donigian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was familiar with Van Gogh's work

But only his oil paintings this book definitely taught me a new aspect that I didn't know of before. It was a good educator a definite keeper.