Van Gogh

by Pascal Bonafoux

La vie artistique de Vincent Van Gogh traverse comme une fulgurante comète l'histoire de l'art moderne. Quand il arrive à Paris en 1886, à l'apogée de la révolution impressionniste, il fréquente Pissarro, Cézanne, Signac, Toulouse-Lautrec, Emile Bernard, explore avec eux les voies d'une nouvelle peinture, le divisionnisme et le cloisonnisme. Mais Vincent, tout en étant fasciné par Gauguin, sait qu'il porte en lui un message, un génie qui ne sont qu'à lui. Il quitte Paris et, en quelques années - il se suicidera quatre ans plus tard -, en Arles, dans l'asile psychiatrique de Saint-Paul-de-Mausole près de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence et enfin à Auvers-sur-Oise, il accomplit son œuvre immense. Pascal Bonafoux, historien d'art, spécialiste de Van Gogh, relate et illustre dans cet ouvrage la vie de passion de Van Gogh qui signait : Vincent.

Genres: Art

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Pascal Bonafoux is a French writer, novelist, art critic and art historian, a specialist in self-portraiture. He collaborates with various newspapers and magazines, he is the author of numerous essays dedicated to art and was a resident at the French Academy in Rome. He is professor of art history at Paris 8 University, and is also a curator who organises exhibitions either in France or abroad.

Reviews

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book, with large reproductions of paintings of good quality, that creates a portrait of Vincent Van Gogh through his own words (in the form of letters), sketches, and paintings.
While I was surprised to see some information and classic paintings such as the Irises (now at the Getty) missing (although there is a description of the painting), and having seeing one the paintings included, I think maybe the colors in some of the reproductions are perhaps a bit off (though I can't be sure), but if you aren't expecting this book to the be the be-all and end-all book on Van Gogh, you'll find it a fascinating and insightful journey.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

The reproductions that are printed in this book are so detailed that I can really see the textures in the paint from his brushstrokes. This book also has many paintings I haven't seen before. It also has a detailed history of his life. Van Gogh is truly a master of colour, and his use of complementary colours is astounding.

[Alexe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Une biographie très intéressante, marquée par ses tableaux et ses lettres envoyées à son frère.