Contributor
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890. Works. Selections.
ImprintDallas, Texas : Dallas Museum of Art, [2021]
Imprint2021
ImprintNew Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press
Description215 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Note:Exhibition at Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas October 17, 2021-February 6, 2022 and Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, March 11-June 12, 2022.
Note:Between hope and agony: Van Gogh at the asylum / Nienke Bakker -- The olive groves in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence / Teio Meedendorp -- Symbolism and seriality: Van Gogh and the olive groves / Nicole R. Myers -- Van Gogh, olive trees, and his search for what turned out to be a modern pastoral / Louis van Tilborgh -- Creating olive groves in Saint-Rémy: a comparative study of Van Gogh's painting technique and materials / Kathrin Pilz and Muriel Geldof -- Catalogue: Olive grove series ; additional works in the exhibition.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-207) and index.
Note:"Van Gogh and the Olive Groves' reunites for the first time the important series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) dedicated to the motif of olive trees during his stay at the asylum of Saint-Remy-de-Provence. The book contextualizes this work within Van Gogh's artistic production and explores its deeply personal, often religious resonance. It also features in-depth findings on the artist's technique, materials, and palette resulting from a three-year cross-disciplinary conservation science research project that rigorously examined all 15 paintings. Of particular interest are new discoveries concerning Van Gogh's use of unstable pigments, his application of paint en plein air versus in the studio, and the chronology of the series. Produced between June and December 1889, this bold and highly experimental series employs the motif as a constant in the artist's passionate investigation of the expressive powers of color, line, and subject. Painting the olive trees at different times of day and in different seasons was a quest to unlock their quintessential features, which to him represented the spirit of Provence." -- provided by publisher.
