This summer I had the privilege to walk the streets of some of Vincent Van Gough's paintings, eat at the lowly cafe of La Nuit in Arles, and was welcomed into his asylum in St. Rimes, and in just a few short days, Oct. 7, The Letters from Vincent Van Gough will be released as an exhibition at the Van Gough museum in Amsterdam and will be published as a series of six volumes of text. This is an extraordinary look into the mind of Van Gough, explaining the different time periods of his life, his career as an art dealer to his intentions of being a clergyman. His letters are also a wonderful philosophy of his artwork and lifestyle. Although some of his letters have been published in the past decade or two, however some where edited out. This is the first time the whole collection of his illustrations and writings will also be released free of charge on the web until Oct. 7 that www.vangoghletters.org .
Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker (eds), Vincent van Gogh: the Letters. The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition (Thames & Hudson), six volumes and a CD with complete text versions in French and Dutch, 2,180 pp, £325 until 31 December; thereafter £395 (hb) ISBN 9780500238653
The exhibition: “Van Gogh’s Letters: the Artist Speaks”, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (9 October-3 January 2010). www.vangoghmuseum.nl. Another selection of his letters will be shown in “The Real Van Gogh: the Artist and his Letters”, Royal Academy, London (23 January 2010-18 April 2010).
No comments:
Post a Comment