Irises - Vincent Van Gogh in the Garden
Author(s): Jennifer Helvey
Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-Remy, 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 Independants 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 by Van Gogh and the artists who inspired him, such as Albrecht Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Paul Gauguin.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- : 0.478
- : 20 October 2009
- : 2.039 Centimeters X 14.8 Centimeters X 19.4 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Jennifer Helvey
- : Hardback
- : English
- : 759.9492
- : 208