Description: When Vincent van Gogh picked up his pencil and set out on his artistic career, it was not with the intention of becoming a leader of the avant-garde art world. Rather, his aims centred on earning a reasonable wage and living within the middle-class norms of his family. Van Gogh's hope was to become an illustrator of magazines and newspapers. From 1880–85 van Gogh assembled a collection of over 2,000 black-and-white prints, predominately from English publications such as the Graphic and the Illustrated London News. These prints were produced in the thousands to accompany news stories or as stand-alone illustrations to be pinned up in the family home. Vincent Alessi reveals for the first time how van Gogh's collection acted for him as both inspiration and manual: a guide to the subject matter demanded by leading illustrated newspapers and magazines and a model of artistic style. These popular images are shown to have palpably shaped van Gogh's art, throughout his career, and to open up rich new understandings of a life and body of work that continue to intrigue and inspire.
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EAN: 9781925495737
UPC: 9781925495737
ISBN: 9781925495737
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Book Title: Popular Art and the Avant-Garde: Vincent van Gogh'
Number of Pages: 234 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Popular Art and the Avantgarde : Vincent Van Gogh's Collection of Newspaper and Magazine Prints
Publisher: Monash University Publishing
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2020
Subject: History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Author: Vincent Alessi
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Art, Biography & Autobiography
Series: Art History Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
