Vincent Van Gogh: 1853-1890

by Jörn Hetebrügge

By means of over two hundred maginificent reproductions, this volume presents the entrire spectrum of van Gogh's art, sheds light on all facets of his work, and tells the passionate story of the life of this sensitive observer. Excursions dealing with special aspects of his work, as well as an extensive timeline that places his biography in the historical and cultural context of the nineteenth century, round out the presentations.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Klaus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Biography of Vincent van Gogh that gives you a good overview of his life and work.

While reading you can see the development in his painting-style and how it is connected to the different phases of his life. This is easy explained and good to read.

The layout of the book is great and has a good mix between text and pictures. The images are presented nicely and assist the text anytime.

[Tammy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful bright pictures that probably don't reflect the originals in their timbre but are beautiful to look at.
The words describe his art and give an account of his upbringing and life as an artist with quotes from the man scattered throughout. I think what this book makes most obvious - from the brightly coloured pictures and the chosen quotes is the artists fascination with light.

[Vicki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great informative book! I read every word on every page, and absolutely loved all of the full colored prints of his works.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best thing about this biography is the abundance of color images of van Gogh's work, ranging well beyond his most famous, iconic paintings.

[Brooke Hamilton · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Annemarie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was well researched, filled with great information and amazing quality pictures.
It was truly a joy to read.

The analyzes of the paintings were realistic and not too over the top, which I really liked.

The writing style was fluent and easy to read.

I enjoyed the short interludes as well.

Overall, a very good book to learn more about Vincent and to look at his paintings in great detail.

[Chris Gager · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gotta have at least one of these. However... VVG did a lot of borderline stinky paintings in addition to all those great ones. He was a bold taker of chances. More power to him.