Van Gogh at work / Marije Vellekoop ; with contributions by Nienke Bakker, Maite van Dijk, Muriel Geldof, Ella Hendriks, Birgit Reissland ; text editing, Paul Holberton ; translations, Ted Alkins, Michael Hoyle, Beverley Jackson.

Contributor(s): Vellekoop, Marije | Bakker, Nienke, 1972- | Dijk, Maite van, 1982- | Geldof, Muriel | Hendriks, Ella | Reissland, Birgit, 1969- | Holberton, Paul [translator.] | Alkins, Ted [translator.] | Hoyle, Michael (Translator) [translator.] | Jackson, Beverley [translator.] | Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
Language: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: Brussels : Amsterdam : Mercatorfonds ; Van Gogh Museum, [2013]Distributor: New Haven : Distributed outside Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg by Yale University Press Description: 304 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 31 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9789079310395 (museum edition); 9079310395 (museum edition); 9789462300040 (trade edition); 9462300046 (trade edition); 0300191863 (hbk.); 9780300191868 (hbk.)Uniform titles: Van Gogh aan het werk. English Contained works: Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. Works. SelectionsSubject(s): Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 -- Exhibitions | Art -- Technique -- ExhbitionsDDC classification: 759.9492 LOC classification: N6953.G63 | A4 2013
Contents:
Van Gogh's early years as an artist / Marije Vellekoop -- Van Gogh finds his way as a painter / Marije Vellekoop -- Van Gogh becomes a modern artist / Marije Vellekoop -- Van Gogh finds a style of his own / Marije Vellekoop. -- Perspective frame / Nienke Bakker ; Van Gogh and Van Rappard / Nienke Bakker ; Painting thickly and thinly / Nienke Bakker ; Van Gogh's use of colour: theory and practice / Maite van Dijk ; Van Gogh's cobalt blue analysed / Muriel Geldof and Birgit Reissland ; Van Gogh's new colours / Muriel Geldof and Birgit Reissland ; Reused canvases / Ella Hendriks ; Van Gogh, Bernard and Gauguin / Nienke Bakker ; Picture supports / Ella Hendriks. -- Looking through the researchers' eyes : Van Gogh down to the nanometre.
Summary: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is often considered to be a genius in a class of his own, an exceptional self-taught artist who paid little attention to the art world around him. In reality, Van Gogh learned extensively from others, exchanged ideas with his contemporaries, and often made use of prevailing methods and techniques to hone his skills. This book explores the workmanship behind his artistry. The reader follows Van Gogh's quest to perfect his skills and the way he adopted various drawing and painting techniques; acquired information about materials; learned about the physical characteristics of canvasses, paint, paper, chalk, and other materials; how he approached working on paper and canvas and which factors influenced his working practice. Showing his work alongside that of other artists demonstrates the degree to which he followed examples set by his contemporaries. Van Gogh's working methods are explored along with his most famous works, addressing topics as the use of a perspective frame, color theory, the influence of contemporaries and the famous repetitions of a theme as in the Sunflowers and the Bedroom series.
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"First published to accompany the exhibition 'Van Gogh at Work' at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, 1 May 2013-12 January 2014."

Includes bibliographical references (page 298) and indexes.

Van Gogh's early years as an artist / Marije Vellekoop -- Van Gogh finds his way as a painter / Marije Vellekoop -- Van Gogh becomes a modern artist / Marije Vellekoop -- Van Gogh finds a style of his own / Marije Vellekoop. -- Looking through the artist's eyes : The Perspective frame / Nienke Bakker ; Van Gogh and Van Rappard / Nienke Bakker ; Painting thickly and thinly / Nienke Bakker ; Van Gogh's use of colour: theory and practice / Maite van Dijk ; Van Gogh's cobalt blue analysed / Muriel Geldof and Birgit Reissland ; Van Gogh's new colours / Muriel Geldof and Birgit Reissland ; Reused canvases / Ella Hendriks ; Van Gogh, Bernard and Gauguin / Nienke Bakker ; Picture supports / Ella Hendriks. -- Looking through the researchers' eyes : Van Gogh down to the nanometre.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is often considered to be a genius in a class of his own, an exceptional self-taught artist who paid little attention to the art world around him. In reality, Van Gogh learned extensively from others, exchanged ideas with his contemporaries, and often made use of prevailing methods and techniques to hone his skills. This book explores the workmanship behind his artistry. The reader follows Van Gogh's quest to perfect his skills and the way he adopted various drawing and painting techniques; acquired information about materials; learned about the physical characteristics of canvasses, paint, paper, chalk, and other materials; how he approached working on paper and canvas and which factors influenced his working practice. Showing his work alongside that of other artists demonstrates the degree to which he followed examples set by his contemporaries. Van Gogh's working methods are explored along with his most famous works, addressing topics as the use of a perspective frame, color theory, the influence of contemporaries and the famous repetitions of a theme as in the Sunflowers and the Bedroom series.

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