Vincent Van Gogh: The Drawings

by Colta Ives, Susan Alyson Stein (Contributor), Sjraar Van Heugten

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) believed that drawing was “the root of everything.” A self-taught artist, he succeeded, between 1881 and 1890, in developing an inimitable graphic style. This book traces the artist’s successive triumphs as a draftsman, first in the Netherlands and later in France, highlighting the diversity of his technical invention and the striking continuity of his vision. Given the pivotal role drawings played in Van Gogh’s artistic conception and the rich dialectic they enjoyed with his oil paintings, a small selection of related canvases by the artist is also featured.This beautiful book presents approximately 120 works in charcoal, ink, graphite, watercolor, and diluted oils. The authors explore enduring questions that surround Van Gogh’s drawings, including their manufacture, artistic precedents, and contribution to Modernism. In addition, the text discusses the significance of the artist’s drawing practice to his development as a painter. The essays and entries feature the most current research on Van Gogh’s drawings and provide fresh interpretations of the motivating influences that shaped the artist’s contributions to the history of drawing.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Biography

392 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Zhifei Ge · Rating 4 out of 5]

In my memory, Van Gogh has always been golden yellow, but this book isn't about oil painting. It's all about Van Gogh's drawings. With only black and white, the books talks about lines and compositions of Van Gogh's artistic style.

[Alda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the book as it gave me a clear view over Van Gogh's life and career, as well as how. he developed his skills.

[Sladjana Kovacevic · Rating 5 out of 5]

ᐯƖᑎᑕƐᑎƬ ᐯᗩᑎ GOGℎ-ƬℎƐ ᗪᖇᗩᗯƖᑎGᔕ
"𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖘𝖍 𝖕𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖆𝖘 𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖆 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖞 𝖙𝖔 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖐 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖆𝖘 𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖕𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗. 𝕴 𝖔𝖋𝖙𝖊𝖓 𝖕𝖆𝖘𝖘 𝖚𝖕 𝖆 𝖕𝖆𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖘𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖞 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖋𝖊𝖆𝖗 𝖔𝖋 𝖜𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖑𝖔𝖗. 𝖂𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖕𝖆𝖕𝖊𝖗,𝖜𝖍𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖙'𝖘 𝖆 𝖑𝖊𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕴'𝖒 𝖜𝖗𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖗 𝖆 𝖉𝖗𝖆𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕴'𝖒 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖐𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖓,𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖊'𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖆 𝖒𝖎𝖘𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖊."
𝑼𝒌𝒖𝒔-𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒂
𝒁𝒗𝒖𝒌-𝒔𝒌𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒋𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂 𝒑𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒖
𝑴𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒔-𝒌𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆
𝑩𝒐𝒋𝒂-𝒄𝒓𝒏𝒐-𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐 𝒊 𝒔𝒎𝒆đ𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒋𝒂 𝒊 𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒋𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒎 ž𝒖𝒕𝒆,𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊 𝒍𝒋𝒖𝒃𝒊č𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆
𝑫𝒐𝒅𝒊𝒓-𝒌𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒋𝒂 𝒏𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒋𝒆
𝑰𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒌𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒋𝒂(𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒐𝒗𝒊)-𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒖č𝒏𝒂 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒂č𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒂 𝒊 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊 𝒊𝒛 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒉 𝒑𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒋𝒖 𝒌𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒅
𝑽𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒋𝒂(𝑺𝒂𝒏)-𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒋𝒆 𝒋𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒋𝒆,𝒃𝒆𝒛 𝒐𝒃𝒛𝒊𝒓𝒂 𝒏𝒂 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒋 𝒌𝒐𝒋𝒊 𝒌𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊
𝑬𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂-𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒐 𝒅𝒂 𝒄𝒓𝒕𝒂 𝒌𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒋𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒅𝒂 𝒃𝒊 𝒊𝒉 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒋𝒊𝒎𝒂,𝒛𝒃𝒐𝒈 𝒏𝒆𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒌𝒂 𝒃𝒐𝒋𝒆 𝒊𝒍𝒊 𝒊𝒛 𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒂 𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒛𝒓𝒂𝒛𝒊 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒋𝒐𝒎,𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒋𝒆 𝒖𝒗𝒆𝒌 𝒐č𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒋𝒖ć
𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒂
𝓣𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮-𝓲𝓷𝓴
𝓢𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭-𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓷 𝓹𝓪𝓹𝓮𝓻
𝓢𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓵-𝓬𝓱𝓪𝓵𝓴
𝓒𝓸𝓵𝓸𝓻-𝓫𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴&𝔀𝓱𝓲𝓽𝓮 𝓸𝓻 𝓫𝓻𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓘 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝔂𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓼,𝓫𝓵𝓾𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓼
𝓣𝓸𝓾𝓬𝓱-𝓯𝓸𝓬𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷 𝓭𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓼
𝓘𝓭𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷(𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼)-𝓔𝔁𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓼' 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓺𝓾𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓥𝓲𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓷𝓽'𝓼 𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓾𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷𝓼𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽.
𝓥𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷(𝓓𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓶)-𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓾𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓾𝓼 𝓷𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓾𝓶.
𝓔𝔁𝓽𝓻𝓪-𝓝𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻 𝓲𝓯 𝓲𝓽'𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓹𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓪 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼,𝓭𝓻𝓪𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓸𝓯 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝓽𝓸 𝓮𝔁𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓿𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓲𝓷 𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮𝓼,𝓥𝓪𝓷 𝓖𝓸𝓰𝓱 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰.
𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓭𝓮10

[Renee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A detailed account of Van Gogh's approach to drawing that highlights his influences in subject and style, reveals his struggle with figures and proportion, and shows the emergence of his vivid and graphic drawing style in an historical context.

From the MET exhibit of his drawings, with excellent commentary and excerpts from Van Gogh's letters.