Van Gogh Drawings: Influences & Innovations - Hardcover

Van Heugten, Sjraar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2330052545 ISBN 13: 9782330052546

Publisher: Actes Sud, 2015

Synopsis

Vincent van Gogh started his artistic career by concentrating on drawing. Convinced that this was the foundation he needed to become a painter, he did little else for the first three years of his career. Consequently, he was a talented draughtsman long before he became an experienced painter. Drawing would always be an important part of his artistic activities, and his outstanding mastery makes this part of his production an equal counterpart to his paintings. This book considers the influences of prints and drawings by other artists on Van Gogh’s drawings and his small graphic oeuvre. Besides a representative choice from Van Gogh’s work in some 35–40 drawings and prints, a range of works will be shown that inspired his early and his late work: prints from illustrated magazines and 19th century prints which he collected and which strongly influenced his early work; replica’s of 17th century prints, Japanese prints and other works which led to his remarkable drawings with the reed pen in Provence. Van Gogh absorbed a multitude of influences, but merged all that in works that are highly innovative, in style but quite often also in technique. The exhibition and the accompanying publication will pay close attention to those and other aspects of one of the most remarkable drawn oeuvres of the 19th century.

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About the Author

Sjraar van Heugten (né en 1957) a étudié l'histoire de l'art à l'université d'Utrecht. De 1988 à 2010, il a exercé au Van Gogh Museum d'Amsterdam, dont il a été le directeur des collections à partir de 1999. Aujourd'hui historien de l'art indépendant, il est l'auteur d'un grand nombre d'ouvrages et d'articles, principalement consacrés à Van Gogh et à ses contemporains parmi lesquels trois volumes (en tant que co-auteur pour le troisième) du catalogue des dessins de Van Gogh présents dans la collection du Van Gogh Museum.   Depuis 2014, Sjraar van Heugten a conçu plusieurs exposition pour la Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles dont Van Gogh : couleurs du Nord, couleurs du Sud (catalogue publié par Actes Sud, 2014), et Les dessins de Van Gogh : influences et innovations (catalogue publié par Actes Sud, 2015).

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This book considers the influence of other artists' prints and drawings on Van Gogh's graphic oeuvre. The book juxtaposes a selection of Van Gogh's work - some forty drawings and prints - with a range of works that inspired him. These include prints from illustrated magazines and 19th-century prints, which he avidly collected and which strongly influenced his early work, as well as replicas of 17th-century prints, Japanese prints and other works which inspired his remarkable drawings with the reed pen in Provence. Van Gogh absorbed a multitude of influences, which combined to create drawings that are highly innovative, not only in style but often also in technique. The exhibition and this accompanying publication will pay close attention to those and other aspects of one of the most remarkable drawn oeuvres of the 19th century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Actes Sud
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2330052545
• ISBN 13: 9782330052546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 152