| Irises: Vincent Van Gogh in the Garden Contributor(s): Helvey, Jennifer (Author) |
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ISBN: 089236226X ISBN-13: 9780892362264 Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | Subjects & Themes - Plants & Animals - Art | History - Baroque & Rococo |
| Dewey: 759.949 |
| LCCN: 2009006036 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.4" W x 7.87" (1.04 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How well he has understood the exquisite nature of flowers! --Octave Mirbeau (1848-1917), French art critic and the first owner of Irises Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, where he was recuperating from an attack of mental illness. Although he considered the painting more a study than a finished picture, his brother Theo submitted it to the Salon des Indépendants in September 1889. Its energy and theme--the regenerative powers of the earth--express the artist's deeply held belief in the divinity of art and nature. This groundbreaking book fills a gap in Van Gogh scholarship with an in-depth study of Irises--among the J. Paul Getty Museum's most famous paintings--placed in the context of his glorious flower and garden paintings. Full-color reproductions include not only Irises, but also a panoply of nature paintings from collections around the world, by Van Gogh and the artists who inspired him, such as Albrecht Dürer, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Paul Gauguin. |
