Cornelia Homburg Bücher

Classified as a Post-Impressionist, Van Gogh is perhaps one of the world's most famous and instantly recognisable artists. Famous almost as much for his embodiment of a tortured romantic artist as for his bold and usually distorted artworks, his works now fetch some of the highest prices in the world of fine art. This beautifully illustrated and meticulously researched project will be hugely popular as a collector's item for both Van Gogh's established fans and for those wishing to learn about him for the first time. With the inclusion of facsimiles of some 30 documents including Van Gogh's famous private letters, The Treasures of Van Gogh offers a unique insight into his life and works - from his childhood and youth in Zundert in southern Netherlands, the time he spent as a missionary and the gradual decline in his mental health that led him to cut off part of his ear and eventually to commit suicide.

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Paper-covered boards, with dust jacket. 128 pp. with numerous duotones plates, printed by Sellier Druck GmbH, Germany, from separations by Lana Repro, Lana. 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Photographs by Catherine Wagner. Edited with text by Cornelia Homburg. Foreword by Joseph D. Ketner. Essays by William H. Gass and Helen E. Longino. Includes an artist biography, exhibition history and bibliography, brief biographies of the text contributors and an checklist of the exhibition.

The narrative delves into the final years of Van Gogh's career, highlighting the significant people and locations that influenced his late masterpieces. It offers a fresh perspective on his artistic evolution, revealing how personal relationships and his surroundings shaped his iconic works. Through this exploration, the book uncovers the emotional and environmental factors that contributed to Van Gogh's unique style during his later life.

Features 25 artworks by Van Gogh and other leading landscape painters including Charles-Francois Daubigny, Claude Monet and Paul Gauguin Presents extensive new research on Van Gogh, nature and the sous-bois genre

Vincent van Gogh explores the life and work of the troubled artistic genius, brought close to the brink of madness, who left one of the most startling artistic legacies of the late nineteenth century when, in 1890, he took his own life.

The first in-depth investigation of Gauguin's portraits, revealing how the artist expanded the possibilities of the genre in new and exciting ways Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) broke with accepted conventions and challenged audiences to expand their understanding of visual expression. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in his portraits, a genre he remained engaged with throughout all phases of his career. Bringing together more than 60 of Gauguin's portraits in a wide variety of media that includes painting, works on paper, and sculpture, this handsomely illustrated volume is the first focused investigation of the multifaceted ways the artist approached the subject. Essays by a group of international experts consider how the artist's conception of portraiture evolved as he moved between Brittany and Polynesia. They also examine how Gauguin infused his work with symbolic meaning by taking on different roles like the Christ figure and the savage in his self-portraits and by placing his models in suggestive settings with alluring attributes. This welcome addition to the scholarship on one of the 19th century's most innovative and controversial artists reveals fascinating insights into the crucial role that portraiture played in Gauguin's overall artistic practice.