Vincent van Gogh paintings : Volume 2 : Antwerp & Paris 1885-1888 : Van Gogh Museum PDF
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VINCENT VANGOGH PAINTINGS VOLUME 2 ANTWERP & PARIS r885-r888 VAN G OGH MUSEUM VINCENT VAN GOGH PAINTINGS VINCENT VAN GOGH PAINTINGS VOLUME 2 ANTWERP & PARIS r885-r888 VAN GOGH MUSEUM ELLA HENDRIKS LOUIS VAN TILBORGH WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MARGRIET VAN EIKEMA HOMMES MONIQUE HAGEMAN TRANSLATED BY MICHAEL HOYLE VAN GOGH MUSEUM, AMSTERDAM WAANDERS PUBLISHERS, ZWOLLE The Van Gogh Museum collection catalogue Vincent van Gogh, We thank our partners for generously supporting Paintings 2: Antwerp Ii( Paris, is the second volume in the series the research Vincent van Gogh, Paintings 1-3. 8 Previously published volume: Vincent van Gogh, Paintings 1 The Dutch Period, 1881-1885 Louis van Tilborgh and Marije Vellekoop (I999) Previously published in the series Vincent van Gogh, Drawings I-+ Cultural Heritage Agency Ministry ofEducarion, Culture and Science Vincent van Gogh, Drawings 1 The early years, 1880-1883 Sjraar van Heugten (I996) Vincent VAN GOGH Vincent van Gogh, Drawings 2 STICHTING Nuenen, 1883-1885 Sjraar van Heugten (I997) Vincent van Gogh, Drawings 3 Antwerp Ii( Paris, 1885-1888 Marije Vellekoop and Sjraar van Heugten (20or) Vincent van Gogh, Drawings 4 Aries, Saint-Remy li(Auvers-sur-Oise, 1888-1890 Marije Vellekoop and Roelie Zwikker (2°°7) COVER ILLUSTRATIONS Front: Vincent van Gogh, In the cafe: Agostina Segatori in Le Tambourin, I887, Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum Back: Vincent van Gogh, Boulevard de Clichy, I887, Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum Contents 9 FOREWORD -Axel Ruger II INTRODUCTION - Ella Hendriks B( Louis van Tilborgh 17 THE HISTORY OF THE COLLECTION: EXCHANGES, GIFTS, SALES AND THE SACROSANCT CORE - Louis van Tilborgh 17 Sales, exchanges, gifts 25 The collection after 1890 28 TREATMENT HISTORY OF THE COLLECTION - Ella Hendriks 28 Early period and J0 van Gogh -Bonger 29 The J.c. Traas campaign (1926-33) 33 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 34 Vandalism in 1978 35 Mid-1980s condition survey 35 In-house conservation studio, 1986-present 37 ESTABLISHING THE CHRONOLOGY - Louis van Tilborgh 37 Documentary sources 38 Paintings as source material 39 Winter 1885/86-autumn 1886 44 Winter 1886/87-winter 1887/88 51 FROM REALIST TO MODERNIST. VAN GOGH MEETS THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE - Louis van Tilborgh 53 The need to sell 56 Van Gogh's earliest theory of art 58 Nature versus the imagination 61 New elements of art 67 Leaving peasant painting behind: new genres 70 Monticelli and the shock of recognition 72 A dialogue with modernism 74 The influence of Bernard and Toulouse-Lautrec 77 The Neo-Impressionist example 82 New ideas from Bernard: abstraction and stylisation 85 Van Gogh's own contribution 5 90 VAN GOGH'S WORKING PRACTICE: A TECHNICAL STUDY - Ella Hendriks with scientific analysis by Muriel Geldof 90 Introduction 91 Sources of painting materials 91 Antwerp 92 Paris 97 Picture supports 97 Carton 99 Canvas 100 Format I03 Fabrics and weaves I04 Distinguishing different types of priming II2 Reused pictures II7 Underdrawing and use of the perspective frame 127 Tracing and scaling-up technique 127 Use of colour I28 Blues 130 Yellows and oranges 134 Reds and violets 139 Greens 140 Blacks 141 Earth pigments 141 Whites and extenders 142 Summary 144 DEVELOPING TECHNIQUE AND STYLE - Ella Hendriks 144 Technical evidence for dating 144 Changing materials 146 1886, tradition versus modernity 148 1886/87, a turning point 148 A I' essence painting combined with the Neo-Impressionist touch ISO Pointillism 151 Spontaneity versus method 151 Mid-toned grounds 152 High-key colour versus tone 154 Texture and the use of twill canvas 156 Conclusion 157 Catalogue Ella Hendriks B[ Louis van Tilborgh with the assistance of Margrietvan Eikema Hommes B[Monique Hageman 159 NOTE TO THE READER 6 ANTWERP I62 45 Portrait ofa n old man I68 46 Portrait ofa n old woman I7 I 47,48 Studies of a prostitute I 78 49 Houses seen from the back I83 50 Head ofa skeleton with a burning cigarette PARIS I86 5I Nude girl, seated I90 52-54 Self-portrait and portraits of a woman I98 55 Path in Montmartre 20I 56 View from Vincent's studio 205 57-63 Studies of plaster casts 22I 64,65 Views of the hill of Montmartre 230 66 View ofP aris 236 67-69 Flower studies 246 70, 7I Studies of a vase with gladioli and Chinese asters 253 72 Prawns and mussels 257 73 Shoes 264 74,75 Self-portraits 27 I 76 Self-portrait with felt hat 274 77 Self-portrait with glass 278 78 Shoes 28I 79,80 Basket ofc rocus bulbs and Flowerpot with garlic chives 287 8I, 82 Basket ofh yacinth bulbs and Three novels 294 83 Portrait ofA gostina Segatori 299 84 In the cafe: Agostina Segatori in Le Tambourin 306 85-87 Studies of plaster casts 3 I 3 88, 89 Dish with citrus fruit and Carafe and dish with citrus fruit 3 I 9 90 Cafe table with absinthe 324 9I Sunset in Montmartre 328 92 Impasse des Deux Freres 335 93 Montmartre: windmills and allotments 340 94 Boulevard de Clichy 345 95 View from Theo's apartment 352 96 Portrait ofUonie Rose Charbuy-Davy 356 97, 98 Self-portraits 362 99, IOO Studies of skulls 366 IO I Square Saint-Pierre at sunset 374 I02 Basket ofp ansies 379 I03 Horse chestnut tree in blossom 382 I04 Garden with courting couples: square Saint-Pierre 387 I05 Exterior ofa restaurant in Asnieres 39I I06 Bank oft he Seine 395 I07 By the Seine 399 I08 The bridge at Courbevoie 7 403 109 Path in the woods 406 IIO Wheatfield with partridge 410 III, II2 Studies of trees and undergrowth 416 II3 Undergrowth 4 I 9 114 Allotment with sunflower 423 II5 Montmartre: behind the Moulin de la Galette 429 II6-20 Self-portraits 440 121, 122 Portrait ofTheo van Gogh and Self-portrait 448 123 Kingfisher by the waterside 452 124 Sunflowers gone to seed 457 125 Self-portrait with straw hat 461 126,127 Studies offruit 468 128 Quinces, lemons, pears and grapes 473 129 Self-portrait with pipe and straw hat 476 130 Self-portrait with grey ]CIt hat 480 131 Floweringplum orchard: after Hiroshige 488 132 Bridge in the rain: after Hiroshige 495 133 Courtesan: after Eisen 502 134 Piles ofF rench novels 509 135 Red cabbages and onions 5 13 136 Portrait of Etienne-Lucien Martin 5 I 8 137 Self-portrait as a painter 525 TABLES SUMMARIZING THE RESULTS OF TECHNICAL EXAMINATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS - Ella Hendriks, Muriel Geldof, Maarten van Bommel, Natasha Walker 527 I Paint-sellers visited in Paris 529 2 Carton supports 5 3 I 3 Primed canvas supports 549 4 Standard-sized canvases 550 5 Reused pictures 5 5 5 6 Pictures with underdrawing from a perspective frame 556 7 Pigments identified in visible images 563 ApPENDICES 565 I Rejected works 571 2 The dates of the Antwerp and Paris paintings 579 DOCUMENTATION 5 8 I Exhibitions 595 Literature 6 II CONCORDANCE 613 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
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