Irises - Vincent Van Gogh in the Garden

Author(s): Jennifer Helvey

Gardening

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.

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General Fields

  • : 9780892362264
  • : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
  • : Oxford University Press, Incorporated
  • : 0.478
  • : October 2009
  • : 2.039 Centimeters X 14.8 Centimeters X 19.4 Centimeters
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jennifer Helvey
  • : Hardback
  • : English
  • : 759.9492
  • : 208