On May 8th 1889 Vincent Van Gogh was admitted to a mental asylum near St.-Remy-de Provence where he remained as a voluntary patient until May the following year. Throughout the year, Van Gogh enjoyed a continuous dialogue with his brother about his art, his mental condition, his hopes and ambitions, and from time to time his despair and sense of failure. The asylum year saw Vincent at his most raw and needy, but also at his most creative - turning out the equivalent of a masterpiece a day. This book offers an account, month by month, of that crucial penultimate chapter in Van Gogh's life. It is separated from the other chapters in the artist's life because although treated in all the numerous biographies it is none the less a self-contained episode, a play within a play, with a shape and dynamic of its own. Excellent quality reproductions of his paintings and sketches, contains over 100 colour images.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Unicorn Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1910065536
ISBN-13
9781910065532
eBay Product ID (ePID)
204228899
Product Key Features
Author
Edwin Mullins
Publication Name
Van Gogh: The Asylum Year
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.8in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Nd653
Table of Content
Preface The Last Months in Arles May 1889 June July August September October November December January 1890 February March April May 1890 Postscript Further Reading Index
Copyright Date
2015
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Individual Artists / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European