Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise

His Final Months

Nienke Bakker, Emmanuel Coquery, Louis van Tilborgh

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Thames & Hudson
11 August 2023

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

A landmark publication tracing the final months of Van Gogh's life.

Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty drawings in the course of the intense, productive period leading up to his self-inflicted death on 29 July 1890. While the Portrait of Dr Gachet, The Church at Auvers and Wheatfield with Crows are numbered among his greatest masterpieces, this part of his oeuvre is otherwise less known - unfairly so - than the sunny landscapes he painted in the south of France.

The book follows the artist from his arrival in Auvers-Sur-Oise, where he set to work full of hope and with fresh ambitions, through to his final weeks. Essays by leading Van Gogh specialists highlight his artistic ambitions and mental state during this final phase; his

exploration of the Auvers landscape; the flower still-lifes, portraits and panoramic landscapes he painted there; the role played by his drawings; and his artistic reputation at the time of his death and in the years immediately afterwards. In addition to all the Auvers paintings, the book is richly illustrated with drawings, sketches, historical photographs and detailed maps of the places Van Gogh worked. Also featured are related works by contemporaries and predecessors whom he admired.

By: Nienke Bakker, Emmanuel Coquery, Louis van Tilborgh
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 295mm, Width: 240mm,
Weight: 1.680kg
ISBN: 9780500026731
ISBN 10: 0500026734
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 11 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nienke Bakker is Senior Curator at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Louis van Tilborgh is Senior Researcher at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Emmanuel Coquery is Senior Curator and Associate Deputy Director of Collections at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Reviews for Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months

"The paintings are stunning, of course...but this fascinating book is much more than that. It's an art-ography, with essays about what was going on in Van Gogh's mind, as illustrated by the paintings... An absorbing work you'll go back to again and again.-- ""Star Tribune"""