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Marty Noble | 128 pages | 24 Feb 2007 | Dover Publications Inc. | 9780486451350 | English | New York, United States Gauguin and the Impressionists review – a dream collection | Art and design | The Guardian

Vincent van Goghperhaps the most famous artist in the world, is perceived by many as the 'mad' artist, the man who painted in a frenzy or simply the tormented soul who cuts off his ear. His artistic genius is often overshadowed by those who see his paintings as mere visual manifestations of his troubled mind. Whilst in part this may be true, in reality his innovative Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin unique artistic style was of enormous importance to a host of artists who followed in his wake. Even when openly influenced by his predecessors or contemporaries his art remained identifiably his own, developing a distinctive style that failed to be accepted by the art-buying public in his own time. Although the artist's first formal job after leaving school was art-related, he did not begin in earnest until years later. The position involved travel and certainly exposure to the contemporary art of his day, but would move on to religious work and a brief stint as a bookseller before producing the first Van Gogh painting. His earliest works, completed from throughreflect a novice's attention to detail as well as hints of the nascent genius that would fully emerge in his later paintings. Although his sketches and watercolor drawings may, at first glance, seem two-dimensional and amateurish, they are fascinating in terms of their testament to the van Gogh's early studies in Realism. van Gogh produced his first drawings while staying at his parents' home in Etten, Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin Netherlands, schooled chiefly by books on anatomy, perspective and artistic technique. The artist restricted his first drawings to a black and white palette, believing Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin of this discipline to be essential before attempting works in color. His first drawings of people depict various peasants in static poses, some in profile, while his premier landscapes are largely studies in perspective. In his early pen and watercolor drawingsVincent incorporated shadow and light rather than color to create dimension. Drawing upon the weighty influences of masters such as Millet, Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin and Daumier, the artist's focus on the human figure was critical to his artistic development. Mauve not only covered the basics but also introduced his pupil to watercolors and oils, thus broadening the artist's scope of expression. 's Still Life With Cabbage and Clogsone of his first paintings, makes use of the somber earth tones that characterize his early works in the Dutch style. It also features a rich splash of color, a harbinger of the brilliant Van Gogh painting style to come. One of the Vincent van Gogh's early forays into landscape, a genre that would hold his focus throughout his career, View of the Sea at Scheveningen completed in Augustdepicts an active view of the strand near The Hague. The realism of the scene is actually in evidence on the canvas itself, with grains of sand from the stormy weather still embedded in the oils. The work exhibits elements of the Impressionist school of art with its indistinct yet mobile figures in the foreground, choppy brush strokes indicating roiling surf and the dark shapes, suggestive of storm clouds, overhead. Vincent van Gogh's residence in The Hague during and proved to be a productive period in which he continued to hone his technique and explore similar yet fresh subject matter. During this time, he received his first commissions for several drawings of cityscapes in The Hague from an uncle who was also an art dealer. Van Gogh of testifies to the artist's awakening to the expressive use of light and color so prominent in his later work. In the foreground of the painting, hyacinths in white, blue, pink and golden hues fill garden boxes that lead to eye toward a distant hillside and a sky filled with white clouds. Shadowed, thatch-roofed houses frame the scene while a gardener walks between boxes in the middle distance. During this era of the Vincent van Gogh's life, a failed love affair, his father's death and a short-lived period of study at the Antwerp Academy formed a bleak backdrop for van Gogh's ongoing artistic development. During a stay in the northern village of in late throughthe painter focused on agrarian scenes of peasants working the soil and weavers plying their craft. Inthe artist produced The Potato Eatersa work many consider to be his first masterpiece. In this depiction of a farm family seated around their humble table, Vincent van Gogh invokes the influence of Rembrandt by virtue of the shadowy setting that is nevertheless filled with personality and life. A heaping plate of potatoes illustrates the simple wealth of those who earn their living on the land. The companionable atmosphere, lit by the warm glow of a single lamp, inspires in the viewer a yearning to take part in this lowly Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin companionable scene. InVincent van Gogh attended art classes at the Antwerp Academy, but remained for only part of the year. Theo, an art dealer, introduced his brother to the works of prominent Impressionist painters such as Claude MonetPierre-Auguste Renoir and Georges Seuratall of which had strong influences on the artist's future paintings. Vincent met and befriended the artist during this same period, and Gauguin's brilliantly hued paintings also exerted an influence of the Dutchman's art. In one of his many self-portraits : Self Portrait with Grey Felt HatVincent utilizes tiny points of light-reflecting color to reveal a sharp-featured man with the world-weary expression of someone who has seen more than his share of hardship. It was during this time of his life that the artist began developing an interest in Ukiyo-e, Japanese woodcut prints, which he and such contemporaries as and began to collect, and which would inspire paintings reflecting the influence on his artistic vision. Van Gogh's interpretation of The Courtesana work by Keisai Eisen, features an infusion of brilliant colors that far outshine the original. He chose a background of a lily pond in place of Eisen's cherry blossoms. In spring, he painted the blossoming landscapes of Provence as well as seascapes in nearby Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer. During this productive period in the artist's life, he also did a number of portraits, including his series of the Roulin family. As he was preparing a room in his Yellow House to accommodate Gauguin, who planned to visit for an extended stay later in the year, Vincent van Gogh was also working on his second series of the Sunflowers paintings. He had created the first series while staying with his brother in . The artist's sunflower paintings featured various backgrounds and arrangements of the large, golden flowers, each one similar yet distinct. Art experts especially appreciate these works for their innovative expansion of the yellow color spectrum. Others appreciate the paintings for their unique blend of simplicity and richly evocative detail. Although much-anticipated by Vincent van Gogh, the arrival of Gauguin at in October did not end up as planned. At first, both artists enjoyed a prolific period in their careers, but disagreements and arguments tainted the productive tenor of their visit. Tensions between the two culminated in late December when Vincent van Gogh purportedly attacked his colleague with a razor, and failing to engage, cut off part of his own ear. Vincent van Gogh spent the next few days in the Arles hospital. Subsequently, the artist entered care at the asylum at Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin, and although struggling with rapid mental deterioration, he produced a series of stylistically diverse paintings that depicted Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin hospital itself and well as the surrounding grounds, olive trees and cypresses. Vincent van Gogh painted his brilliant work, Irisesin the garden at Saint-Remy during his stay. The painting, which exhibits some characteristics of Japanese woodcuts as well as the artist's penchant for color and light, was part in the annual Societe des Artistes Independant exhibit in Paris, thanks to Theo's intervention, along with the Van Gogh painting, Starry Night Over the Rhone. The prestigious exhibit introduced the artist's genius to a wider audience than ever before. With his illness exacting an increasing toll on his daily activities, the last months of Vincent van Gogh's life were nevertheless his most productive. Amid gradually increasing recognition for his work, he entered a period of extreme fruitfulness during his final 60 days on earth. is believed to be the last work of Vincent van Gogh. As he approached the end of his life, the artist transitioned to the green and blue color spectrum prominent in Thatched Cottages at Cordeville. He also favored curved, undulating lines to indicate movement and energy, such as the fence line in the foreground of the painting and the treetops behind. The distortion of familiar shapes, such as the cottages themselves, takes the artwork beyond toward new iterations of expression. Vincent van Gogh was establishing an entirely fresh Post-Impressionistic style as he advanced toward the day of his death at the age of On 27 JulyVincent van Gogh was shot in the stomach, and passed away in the early morning of 29 July in his room at the in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise in northern France. Although official history maintains that Van Gogh committed suicide, the latest research reveals that Van Gogh's death might be caused by an accident. Today Vincent van Gogh is generally regarded as the greatest Dutch painter since Rembrandt Even though he garnered only a very limited following during his lifetime, Van Gogh's artistic style had a considerable impact on scores of artists who followed. His works heralded the development of the Fauvism, Expressionism and Modernism schools of the 20th century. In Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin decade following van Gogh's death, his former colleagues, including Gauguin, Paul Cezanneand Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as well as contemporaries such as Edvard Munch and Gustav Klimt continued to innovate, incorporating influences from the now-mainstream school of Impressionism as well as Van Gogh's brand of Post-Expressionism into new artistic styles. Just like Shakespeare on literature, and Sigmund Freud on psychology, Vincent van Gogh's influence on modern art is extraordinary. Van Gogh did not live to see his talent recognized. Nor could he possibly ever have dream that he would be an enduring source of inspiration for subsequent generations of artists. The career of Vincent van Gogh as a painter was short, but his paintings revolutionized artistic practice and styles. The intensity of his vision, his wonderful sense of color and the extraordinary boldness of his technique created masterpieces that exercised a profound influence on the art of the twentieth century. Toggle navigation Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh's Paintings and Life. Vincent van Gogh's Letters. . Self Portrait. Starry Night over the Rhone. Almond Blossom. Wheatfield with Crows. All Rights Reserved. Welcome to Dover Publications | Famous art coloring, Coloring pages, Colorful art

T hat people fall in love with paintings is no exaggeration. Consider the Manet still life in this exultantly beautiful show that was painted in the final summer of his life. It depicts five green pears in a basket. Each is singular and unique, five vital beings turning towards each other in companionable conversation, united in the golden circle of the basket. Hansen loved and lost more than one Manet during the Danish Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin crash ofselling most of his French art to prop up his insurance company. But this Manet he kept, for its amazingly free brushstrokes, its greens running all the way from emerald to sultry viridian, its unshadowed joy in looking at the world even as life ebbs away. It feels like a museum of French painting in miniature. Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin bought Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin appear to be classic Corotsfor instance, but look closely and you will see Hamlet and the gravedigger in the glade of silvery willows. He bought paintings by Courbet that include a startling scene of roe deer hurtling through a winter forest, their sleek dark shapes so incisive against the blurry snow you might be looking at a surrealist collage. This early oil sketch seems to presage all of his pictorial audacity. The show opens with a spectacular invitation to enter the scented woods of Fontainebleau. Monet takes the eye sweeping through the wide avenue of treessummer sifting through their leaves. The painting fairly glitters with sunlight. But there is a hint of autumn on the forest floor, and the image seems to present a freedom of nature that we cannot reach just now, exhilarating yet also poignant. Pissarro, alongside all the Monets, seems almost garrulously sociable. Figures appear in every scene. A mother and child sit by a brook as harvest fields meet to the water, crops turning golden-orange in the warm air. Beneath a cloud of efflorescent spring blossom, Madame Pissarro is seen arriving safely home, as if the picture Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin the life were not complete without his wife. In winter, against instinct, Pissarro finds the most abundant colour. The glow of an evening sky above winter fields is almost upstaged by the snow below, twinkling with blue, purple, lavender, pink and orange strokes. It is as if he alone can see all the frequencies of light itself in a frozen landscape. This unnerving portrait of their young daughter would pass for 19th-century realism, were it not for the alarming toy Punch tucked into the bed, one pertinacious eye on the viewer, and the harbinger birds taking flight from the wallpaper above. What is dream, and what is reality? It is a dazzling image, predating the wild colours of fauvism, painted while Gauguin was staying with Van Gogh at Arles in Skittering vectors and vibrating lines show the motion of a dance step, a conversation, a kiss. And there is a superb section of impressionist women, artists as well as sitters. Among the works by is a wonderful portrait of a girl in a red bodicesomething of its hue reflected in her complexion, and in the comical faces of the pansies straggling around her. Hansen and his wife, Henny, formed one of the greatest private collections in Scandinavia. The Hansens were hurt and no longer opened Ordrupgaard to the public. It was only when Henny died in that Denmark was bequeathed this treasury of art. This group of paintings is abroad while Ordrupgaard is closed for rebuilding. This is more apt for the intimate scale and character of these pictures, so unusual, intriguing and unfamiliar. Here is the other half of a double portrait by Delacroix that shows the writer George Sand in some kind of inner rapture, but not the source of her fascination — namely her lover Chopin, playing the piano he is in the Louvre. Best of all is a painting so rarely shown you would normally have to travel to Denmark to see it. But where one hand is perfectly described, the other disappears into indefinite energy. It is a startling hybrid, and an anthology of art — like this show — in this case conflating hints of Titian, Pontormo and Vermeer. Manet had a museum inside his head. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Topics Art and design The Observer. Reuse this content. Order by newest oldest recommendations. Show 25 25 50 All. Threads collapsed expanded unthreaded. Loading comments… Trouble loading? Most popular. Exhibitions of Impressionism Artworks in - iTravelWithArt

Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. Kids' Club Eligible. Home 1 Kids' Books 2. Add to Wishlist. Printed on one side only, these 60 full-page illustrations can Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin colored with a variety of media, including watercolors. All paintings appear in their original colors on the inside covers, and notes provide information on each artist. Product Details Table of Contents. Table of Contents 1. Flowers, 2. Cecilia Beaux. After the Meeting, 3. Breton Women in the Meadow, 4. Pierre Bonnard. Boquet of Flouwers, c. Princess Metternich on Trouville Beach, 6. . Oarsmen, 7. . The Bath, 8. The Boating Party, 9. Mother Combing Her Child's Hair, c. Still Life with Compotier, The Sea at L'Estaque, The Cardplayers, . At the Seaside, Edgar Degas. A Woman with Chrysanthemums, Monsieur Perrot's Dance Class The Absinthe Drinker, Maurice Denis. Paradise, La Danse, Paul Gauguin. Breton Girls Dancing, Pont-Aven, Self-Portrait with Halo, Tahitian Women On the Beach Vincent van Gogh. Fishing in the Spring, Pont de Clichy, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe, VillageStreet in Auvers, Jean-Baptiste . . Flower Girl, Peonies in a Vase on a Stand, Argenteuil, Willard Metcalf. Gloucester Harbor, Paula Modersohn-Becker. Seated Naked Girl with Flowers, Claude Monet. Terrace at Sainte-Adresse, Water Lilies I, Berthe Morisot. Hide and Seek, In the Dining Room. . Chestnut Trees at Louveciennes, c. Still Life with Apples and Pitcher, Lucien Pissarro. Jeanne, Maurice Prendergast. Central Park, c Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. The Poor Fisherman, Odilon Redon. The Budda, c Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Girl with a Watering Can, By the Seashore, Impressionist Art Masterpieces to Color: 60 Great Paintings from Renoir to Gauguin at the Piano, . La Debacle, Henri Rousseau. War Cavalcade of Discord The Snake Charmer, John Singer Sargent. Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose, A Morning Walk, Georges Seurat. The Circus, Paul Signac. Two Milliners, Rue du Caire, c. . The Bridge at Villeneuve-la-Garenne, Moret-sur-Loing, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Jane Avril, Marcelle Lender Dancing the Bolero Edouard Vuillard. James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Rose and Silver: the Princess from the Land of Porcelain, Show More. Dover Publications. Dover Art Coloring Book Series.