![]() This richly illustrated introduction follows Vincent van Gogh's story from his earliest pictures of peasants and rural workers, through his bright Parisian period, to his final, feverish burst of creative energy in the South of France during the last two and a half years of his life. It also has an extensive biographical text, zooming in on all of Van Gogh’s life phases. His episodes of depression and anxiety would eventually claim his life, when, in 1890, he committed suicide shortly after his 37th birthday. VINCENT VAN GOGH: THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS Rainer Metzger (1989) Posted on Ap 7 Comments Just to be clear: generally speaking, this book is amazing: it collects all his surviving paintings (871), in overall good quality reproductions. ![]() The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced the current of. Walther, Vincent van Gogh, Rainer Metzger. Vincent van Gogh, in full Vincent Willem van Gogh, (born March 30, 1853, Zundert, Netherlandsdied July 29, 1890, Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France), Dutch painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt van Rijn, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists. Yet as he was deploying the lurid colors, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms that would subsequently make his name, van Gogh battled not only the disinterest of his contemporary audience but also devastating bouts of mental illness. Examines the life and art of nineteenth-century Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, and features color. ![]() ![]() In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many paintings and drawings beyond, we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the portrayal of mood and place through paint, pencil, charcoal, or chalk. Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) are among the most well known and celebrated in the world. ![]()
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