Art & Artist

A Pair of Shoes, 1887, Baltimore Museum of Art

Shoes,  1888
Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890)
Purchase, The Annenberg Foundation Gift, 1992 

1. Vincent Van Gogh : The Drawings (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series) from Metropolitan Museum of Art Price: $40.95 Customer Review: Very well written. Answers important questions artists like myself have about reed and quill pens, inks, etc. that Vincent used. If you enjoy working in pen and ink this book provides lots of exciting details. Such as Vincent's method of drawing in pencil and heightening in pen and ink and his... more info Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information 2. Van Gogh's Van Goghs from Harry N Abrams Customer Review: Vincent van Gogh is the artist who I feel I relate to most on a personal level. His demons are my demons. His yearning to some day find "the right girl" is my yearning. His spiritual faith in God is my spiritual faith. His weaknesses are my weaknesses. His strengths are my strengths. I'm very fond... more info Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information 3. Van Gogh in Provence and Auvers from Hugh Lauter Levin Associates Customer Review: This book reinspired my passion for Van Gogh's art. The book is a great example of his art work and his life. He lets you deep inside so you get a real look. And his works of art are expressed with vibrant color. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information 4. Post-Impressionism: From Van Gogh to Gauguin from Museum of Modern Art   Click here for more information 5. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh (Penguin Classics) from Penguin Classics Price: $10.40 Customer Review: Van Gogh is a tremendously powerful letter- writer. In these letters mostly written to his brother we see a great , suffering , soul, a devoted artist tormented and striving. This may all sound like 'cliche' but Van Gogh is perhaps the most conspicuous example of the cliche of the suffering ,... more info Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information 6. Dear Theo : The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh from Plume Price: $10.85 Customer Review: I, like the many reviewers of this book, was enthralled and inspired by this collection of letters when I first read it 25 years ago. I have recommended it to many friends. At the time I would have given it five stars or even more if they were available. Irving Stone writes in his preface "My aim... more info Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information 7. Van Gogh : Master Draughtsman from Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Price: $25.20   Click here for more information 8. Vincent Van Gogh: A Biography from Dover Publications Price: $6.95 Customer Review: I just finished this excellent biography this afternoon. After reading Stone's Lust for Life, I was curious to read a regular biography about Van Gogh. This is not exactly a "regular" biography, but I thoroughly enjoyed it nonetheless. Meier-Graefe blurs the line between historical fiction and... more info Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information 9. Van Gogh's Table at the Auberge Ravoux: Recipes From the Artist's Last Home and Paintings of Cafe Life from Artisan Price: $22.05 Customer Review: The Grandmother's Apple Cake recipe in this book is my favorite recipe on Epicurious so I bought the book hoping the other recipes would be as good. Wow! It was so beautiful and interesting and so much more than a cookbook that I gave it to a good friend as a Christmas gift and ordered another. more info Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information 10. Van Gogh: The Complete Paintings from Productivity Press Customer Review: This is a very nice publication to have on your shelf. Van Gogh is an icon of Western culture and it is almost certain that you can call more than a few of his images to mind quite easily. What this provides is a greater context for those several images by providing what it calls "the complete... more info Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information   1 - 10 Portions © Amazon.com, Inc.