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New in New jacket. Book. Folio-over 12"-15" tall. First edition, simultaneously published in the U.K. and the U.S.A. Folio. Grey silk binding, 408 pp. Illustrated through in color. When Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin met in Paris in 1887, they were two of several artists seeking a way to move beyond Impressionism. They also found common ground in the conviction that progressive art should be created at a distance from urban decadence-which led Gauguin to Brittany and van Gogh to Arles in early 1888. Once established in Provence, van Gogh persuaded Gauguin to join him there in hope of founding a "Studio of the South." This book presents a day-by-day examination of the artists' activities in Arles between Gauguin's arrival on the 23rd of October, 1988, and his departure two months later, after van Gogh injured himself. Published on the occasion of a landmark exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, this lush volume includes 510 illustrations, with more than 300 of them in color. New in new dustjacket.
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New. 0500510547. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED 418 pages. Book description: "The personal and professional history of van Gogh and Gauguin-their rivalrous friendship and brief period of collaboration in Arles in 1888-constitutes one of the most dramatically revealing sagas in the history of modern art. In many ways, it is the quintessential story about the beginnings of modern avant-garde practice as it developed in the wake of the last Impressionist exhibition, held in 1886. Gauguin and van Gogh were, by circumstances of personality and history, 'isolés': at once inherently self-involved and faced, in the absence of a single dominant 'school, ' with a dizzying array of contemporary art-making. Brought together by circumstance, each artist played a vital role in the other's search for a personal style that would relate to current developments yet be unique. Over the course of this century, van Gogh and Gauguin have received a prodigious amount of scholarly attention. Recent contributions to this literature—including new biographies, studies of particular aspects of their art, and publication of their letters—have expanded our knowledge significantly. But while references to their problematic interaction abound, sustained analysis of their mutual influence has yet to be the subject of a major study. This book, published on the occasion of a landmark exhibition organized by the Art Institute of Chicago and the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, systematically explores the relationship in the context of the larger cultural and political background implied in their ideas for a 'Studio of the South. ' It charts the connections between the two men through their stay together in Provence and beyond to Vincent's death in 1890. A final section considers the remainder of Gauguin's career, both in Tahiti and the Marquesas (where he died in 1903), as an attempt to realize the ideals of the 'Studio of the South' developed with van Gogh and shaped by his posthumous reputation..." 510 illustrations, over 300 in color. --with a bonus offer--