Bedford Public Library

Vincent's portraits, paintings and drawings by Van Gogh, Ralph Skea

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111)

contains biographical information

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Vincent's portraits

bibliography

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Ralph Skea

paintings and drawings by Van Gogh

Despite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers, still lifes, gardens, landscapes, and city scenes, Vincent van Gogh himself believed that his portraits constituted his most important works. Like other post-Impressionists, Van Gogh sought to capture the essential character of his models by means of expressive color and brushwork. 'Vincent?s Portraits' reflects the strong visual impact with which the artist captured the energy of contemporary life.0In this dramatic set of portraits created during Van Gogh?s ten-year career, the reader sees his desire to record a number of themes, from the plight of the agricultural workers in his native Brabant and the destitution of prostitutes and their children in urban Europe to the lives of his cosmopolitan acquaintances in Paris, including café owners and art dealers. It was here that he began his remarkable sequence of self- portraits