Works of Vincent van Gogh by Vincent van Gogh

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Vincent van Gogh painted for barely a decade — and changed art forever. Works of Vincent van Gogh brings together the paintings of the Dutch master whose blazing color and restless brushwork turned private anguish into universal beauty. Born in 1853, van Gogh took up painting seriously only in his late twenties, producing some 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, in roughly ten years. This collection spans that astonishing arc: the somber earth tones of The Potato Eaters (1885), the sun-drenched experiments of Arles — Sunflowers, The Bedroom, Café Terrace at Night — and the swirling night skies and cypresses of his final years, including The Starry Night and Irises.

Van Gogh sold almost nothing in his lifetime and died in 1890 believing himself a failure; within a generation he was recognized as a founder of modern art. This volume lets you trace that transformation yourself, painting by painting, and see how a man who could barely make rent left behind images the whole world now knows by heart. Following the arc in order is the great experience this collection offers: watch the dark, peasant subjects of the Dutch years give way to the fierce color of the south of France, and watch that color grow stranger and more urgent in the final works. You will see an artist teaching himself in public, picture by picture, with a speed and intensity no other major painter has matched.

Essential for art lovers, students, and anyone who wants the complete van Gogh in a single ebook, this is the most direct way to know his work as a whole rather than as a handful of famous images. Browse it slowly, linger on the paintings you think you know, and discover the quieter works between them. Available as a discounted ebook from Tellebook.
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