WRITTEN IN FRENCH
Vincent van Gogh's correspondence leaves no doubt: from 1873, at the age of twenty, the portrait fascinated him. Even before he made the decision to become a painter, his numerous visits to museums, in the Netherlands, in England, and even in Paris, convinced him of the importance...
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WRITTEN IN FRENCH
Vincent van Gogh's correspondence leaves no doubt: from 1873, at the age of twenty, the portrait fascinated him. Even before he made the decision to become a painter, his numerous visits to museums, in the Netherlands, in England, and even in Paris, convinced him of the importance of the portrait, whether painted or photographic. . Painting portraits in order to measure himself against his fathers will therefore become the greatest challenge he will have to take on. But if Rembrandt painted for the bourgeoisie of Amsterdam, and if, in the 19th century, portraiture continued to remain the business of "distinguished" characters, Vincent only took as models anonymous men and women who belonged to what he says he is the third estate, men and women of whom no one ever cared to know who they were.
In this work, Pascal Bonafoux highlights this long, patient, difficult and stubborn artistic quest, through the places where Vincent stayed, from the darkness of northern Europe, through the dazzling light of Arles, to 'to its final destination, in Auvers-sur-Oise. He thus brings one of the greatest artists of all time back to life.
French
216 pages
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