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Studio of the South : Van Gogh in Provence / Martin Bailey.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Frances Lincoln, 2016Edition: First Frances Lincoln editionDescription: 224 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780711236677
  • 0711236674
Other title:
  • Van Gogh in Provence
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: The book tells the story of Van Gogh's period in Arles in 1888-9, when his powers were at their height. Based on original research, the book reveals discoveries that throw new light on the legendary artist and give a definitive account of his fifteen months spent in Arles, including his collaboration with Gauguin. Van Gogh headed to Arles believing that the landscape of Provence would have parallels with Japan, whose art he greatly admired. The south of France was an exciting new land, bursting with life. He loved walking the 5 kilometres up into the hills with the ruined abbey of Montmajour and in late spring he drew and painted over a dozen landscapes there. He went on an excursion to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a fishing village on the far side of the Camargue, where he saw the Mediterranean for the first time, energetically capturing it in paint.
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Studio of the South tells the story of Van Gogh's period in Arles in 1888-9, when his powers were at their height. Based on original research, the book reveals discoveries that throw new light on the legendary artist and give a definitive account of his fifteen months spent in Arles, including his collaboration with Gauguin.

Van Gogh headed to Arles believing that the landscape of Provence would have parallels with Japan, whose art he greatly admired. The south of France was an exciting new land, bursting with life. He loved walking the 5 kilometres up into the hills with the ruined abbey of Montmajour and in late spring he drew and painted over a dozen landscapes there. He went on an excursion to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a fishing village on the far side of the Camargue, where he saw the Mediterranean for the first time, energetically capturing it in paint. He painted portraits of friends and locals, and embarked on his flower still life paintings, culminating in the Sunflowers. During the heat of the Provencal summer, Van Gogh painted harvest scenes. He rented the Yellow House from May, and gradually did it up, calling it 'an artist's house', inviting Paul Gauguin to join him there. This encounter was to have a profound impact on both of the artists. They painted side by side in the Alyscamps, an ancient necropolis on the outskirts of town, their collaboration coming to a dramatic end in December.

The difficulties Van Gogh faced living by himself led to his eventual decision in May 1889 to retreat to the asylum at Saint-Remy. One of his final tasks at the Yellow House was to pack up two crates with his last eight months' of paintings. Unsold in his lifetime, the pictures have since been recognized as some of the greatest works of art ever created.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-211) and index.

The book tells the story of Van Gogh's period in Arles in 1888-9, when his powers were at their height. Based on original research, the book reveals discoveries that throw new light on the legendary artist and give a definitive account of his fifteen months spent in Arles, including his collaboration with Gauguin. Van Gogh headed to Arles believing that the landscape of Provence would have parallels with Japan, whose art he greatly admired. The south of France was an exciting new land, bursting with life. He loved walking the 5 kilometres up into the hills with the ruined abbey of Montmajour and in late spring he drew and painted over a dozen landscapes there. He went on an excursion to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a fishing village on the far side of the Camargue, where he saw the Mediterranean for the first time, energetically capturing it in paint.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. 7)
  • Prologue: Paris (p. 14)
  • 1 Discovering Arles (p. 20)
  • 2 Blossoming Orchards (p. 28)
  • 3 An Artist's House (p. 34)
  • 4 Heights of Montmajour (p. 42)
  • 5 Seascapes (p. 52)
  • 6 Harvest Time (p. 62)
  • 7 The Rhône and its Canals (p. 72)
  • 8 Portraits of Friends (p. 78)
  • 9 Flowers (p. 88)
  • 10 Colours of the Night (p. 98)
  • 11 Gauguin's Arrival (p. 106)
  • 12 Elysian Fields (p. 112)
  • 13 Street of the Kind Girls (p. 122)
  • 14 Collaboration (p. 130)
  • 15 Postman Roulin (p. 144)
  • 16 Out of his Mind (p. 152)
  • 17 Doctor Rey (p. 160)
  • 18 Spring (p. 170)
  • Postscript: Van Gogh's Bed (p. 180)
  • On the Trail of Van Gogh (p. 188)
  • Chronology (p. 192)
  • Endnotes (p. 196)
  • Select Bibliography (p. 210)
  • A Note to the Reader (p. 213)
  • Index (p. 214)
  • Picture credits (p. 222)
  • Acknowledgements (p. 224)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Vincent van Gogh scholar Bailey chronicles the 15 months the artist spent in Provence, France, 1888-89, producing close to 200 wonderful works. Using original correspondence, local records, and, when possible, interviews with the area's inhabitants whose family memories of the artist lend a very personal touch, the author re-creates days of intense creativity, anxiety, loneliness, and, perhaps madness. Van Gogh's letters are used to describe his strong reaction to his surroundings. Bailey also addresses the famous ear mutilation episode and its possible causes (he opines that a major factor was the impending marriage of his brother, Theo, as well as the end of his friendship with fellow artist Paul Gaugin). With an art historian's ability to make the past come alive on the page and a researcher's gift for unearthing new material on an old subject, Bailey brings readers to Provence, stopping to look into a doorway, read a medical record, and find van Gogh's favorite brothel. Excellent illustrations in full color depict the places that inspired such a multitude of splendid paintings. VERDICT An interesting addition to the vast literature on this troubled artist from an author who clearly knows his subject well.-Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Lib., New York © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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