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Vincent van Gogh, the lost Arles sketchbook, Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov ; foreword by Ronald Pickvance

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279)

contains biographical information

illustrationsportraits

no index present

non fiction

Vincent van Gogh

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Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov ; foreword by Ronald Pickvance

the lost Arles sketchbook

Late in life, during his time living in Provence, Vincent van Gogh kept a sketchbook within a humble account ledger. Published in this volume for the first time, Van Gogh's lost sketchbook tells a riveting story. Over two tumultuous years in the artist's life, he drew sixty-five sketches, including landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and a self-portrait, within the ledger. These priceless drawings provide insight into the last years of Van Gogh's life, just before his fatal stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, and a new understanding of his most famous paintings, such as The Yellow House, The Night Cafe, and The Starry Night. With meticulous analysis of the sketchbook and the historical record, art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov discusses each drawing in terms of Van Gogh's career as a whole, and in particular during his time in Arles and Saint-Remy-de-Provence between February 1888 and May 1890. This book includes facsimile reproductions of all the sketches and is richly illustrated with dozens of drawings, photographs, and paintings that situate the sketchbook in the context of Van Gogh's life's work and the history of art

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Lost Arles sketchbook