Contributor
Heugten, Sjraar van, editor.
Imprint:Brussels : Mercatorfonds, [2015]
Imprint:New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press
Description257, [2] pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, facsimiles ; 31 cm
Note:"This book was published to accompany the exhibition Van Gogh in the Borinage: The Birth of an Artist, organized at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Mons from 25 January to 17 May 2015 as the inaugural event of Mons 2015, European Capital of Culture. The exhibition was opened on 24 January 2015 by Their Majesties King Phillippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium"--Page [260]
Note:Van Gogh in the Borinage. The birth of an artist / Sjraar van Heugten -- Van Gogh in the Borinage. From evangelist to artist / Marije Vellekoop -- Vincent van Gogh, active melancholic: a novice artist takes his stand / Leo Jansen -- Van Gogh in Brussels: a little-known but decisive stage in his early development as an artist / Bart Moens -- Vincent van Gogh in the Borinage a region and context that marked both man and artist / Pierre Tilly, Pierre-Olivier Laloux -- The long march to Courrières or The hope of a 'Promised Land' / Bruno Vouters -- From Eugène Boch to Louis Piérard: the stages of Van Gogh's critical reception in Belgium (1888-1914) / Marcel Daloze -- Vincent van Gogh: the letters.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (page [259]).
Note:In 1878, at age 25, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) arrived in the area of Belgium known as the Borinage to work as a Protestant evangelist in rural coal mining communities. He failed in that vocation, and after months of soul-searching, in August 1880, he decided to become an artist. This fascinating publication is the first to examine Van Gogh's time in the Borinage and his artistic development in the following years, when he created his first original works. Vivid essays tell the story of Van Gogh's life in the mining towns, and the effect this environment had on his way of thinking and seeing the world. Augmenting the text are excerpts from letters Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo from the Borinage, in which he describes his desire to sketch, and prints that he modeled after masterworks by artists such as Jean-Francois Millet. Other essays trace Van Gogh's development as an artist in subsequent years, including his move to Brussels to fully pursue life as an artist. Thought-provoking examinations of works that Van Gogh completed after leaving the Borinage demonstrate how motifs that he developed there-rustic dwellings, laborers, agriculture, nature-became themes that spanned his entire oeuvre. Exhibition: Fondation Mons, Mons, Belgium (23.01-17.05.2015).
