Van Gogh

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I believe in the absolute necessity of a new art of colour, of drawing and of the artistic life, Vincent van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in 1888 And if we work in that faith, it seems to me that there s a chance that our hopes won t be in vain His prediction would come true In his brief and explosively creative life he committed suicide a few years later at the age of thirty seven Van Gogh made us see the world in a new way His shining landscapes of Provence and somber portraits of workers shattered the relationship between light and dark, and his hallucinatory visions were so bright they nearly blinded the world.He was a great writer as well In his six hundred plus letters to Theo he chronicled with heartbreaking urgency his mental breakdowns, acrimonious family relations, and struggles with art dealers, who largely ignored him until the last years of his life Shading this dark story is the artist s acquaintance with prostitutes and penury, stormy scenes with his friend Paul Gauguin, and dissipated Parisian nights with Henri de Toulouse Lautrec.Julian Bell s passion for his subject brings the painter to life Bell writes with slashing intensity, at once scholarly and defiantly partisan I have written this book out of my love for Vincent van Gogh, the uniquely exciting painter, and Vincent van Gogh, the letter writer of heart piercing eloquence, he declares For Bell, Van Gogh was an artistic genius and he was a wonder of the world. Free Read Van Gogh By Julian Bell For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Although the author is clearly enthusiastic about Van Gogh, this enthusiasm does not project on the reader The painter s biography is presented in a rather chaotic manner, while the language is at times very awkward It definitely does not live up to Van Gogh s greatness and tragedy.This is a pretty decent short bio of a disturbed but brilliant man The author s style is sort of odd, hard to describe but something about it makes this short book a bit of a slog Also, it s not true that Van Gogh never sold any of his pictures during his lifetime...My lovely niece gave me this book as a present she knows me so well I enjoyed traveling through the Netherlands and France with my good friend Vincent This well written and highly foot noted book is only for the truest of fans.I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate That, literally for the language here was English is how Vincent described the pattern of his life, writing from Paris in 1886 Choice is for the free, who are able to push themselves forward Fate is for the shackled, who get pushed from behind Bell writes a beautiful book about one of the most powerful forces in artistic expression Seething, obviously, is precisely chosen to encompass the oceanic psycho emotional turmoil roiling within Vin I am not an adventurer by choice but by fate That, literally for the language here was English is how Vincent described the pattern of his life, writing from Paris in 1886 Choice is for the free, who are able to push themselves forward Fate is for the shackled, who get pushed from behind Bell writes a beautiful book about one of the most powerful forces in artistic expression Seething, obviously, is precisely chosen to encompass the oceanic psycho emotional turmoil roiling within Vincent Van Gogh This is a warmhearted delving into the evolution, and self destruction, of a man desperately trying to find his place in the world of civilization, nature, and universal existence So many of us can easily feel a kinship to this artist, if not based on the power agency of sympathy, than most certainly with the emotive companionship of empathy We are the outcasts, the nomads, the freaks, the ones at the end of every line, and yet we breathe fire and intensity,...During the decade I lived in Chicago I used my membership at the Art Institute for every good reason escaping work, cruising but most of all for the collections themselves, including some masterworks by Van Gogh I particularly recall a haunted self portrait, and my sentimental favorite, Bedroom at Arles the second version, as I discovered from Bell Last summer in Amsterdam I made the obligatory visit to the Van Gogh Mus... Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book.As a student of Art History, this book instantly appealed to me Van Gogh is, without a doubt, an iconic artist Is there anyone art fan or not who doesn t know his name His art has made him famous And so has his ear Anyone who knows of Van Gogh also knows of his madness Although it seems cruel to say, I think everyone knows that the story of a mad man always promises to be an interesting tale Van Gogh A Power Seething did a Thank you NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book.As a student of Art History, this book instantly appealed to me Van Gogh is, without a doubt, an iconic artist Is there anyone art fan or not who doesn t know his name His art has made him famous And so has his ear Anyone who knows of Van Gogh also knows of his madness Although it seems cruel to say, I think everyone knows that the story of a mad man always promises to be an interesting tale Van Gogh A Power Seething did an excellent job of retelling Van Gogh s story Although my enjoyment was definitely hindered by som...I ve always been a fan of Vincent Van Gogh s art Reading Van Gogh A Power Seething has given me a greater appreciation for the artist his genius and his passion Julian Bell s scholarly writing was a challenge for me to wade through at times, but well worth taking the time to study the 148 pages for any Van Gogh enthusiast Bell uses Vincent s letters to his brother, Theo, along with other correspondences to portray the story of Van Gogh s life I had not realized that ...This was a great read and so well written in a no nonsense manner Julian packs it all in there and if you haven t read anything on Van Gogh this book has it all with feeling while explaining the genius of this man.Good Reads First to Read WinnerThis is a great, compact little biography that was a great introduction to Van Gogh as a non artist Bell uses Van Gogh s ample correspondence throughout the book and discusses his painting technique in a way that was accessible and interesting.If you like reading textbooks this might be for you Historically it s boring and hard to follow I love Van Gogh as an artist and was super excited to read this but it just lacksluster It s not a fun read and I abandoned 50% of the way through because I couldn t take it any .

Van Gogh
  • 13 December 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 176 pages
  • 0544343735
  • Julian Bell
  • Van Gogh