Irises: Vincent van Gogh in the Garden (Getty Museum Studies on Art)

ISBN: 089236226X

Author: Helvey, Jennifer

Condition: Used

This lovely book tells the fascinating story of Vincent van Goghs famous floral paintings.Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-Rémy, where he was recuperating from an attack of mental illness. Although he considered the painting more a study than a finished picture, his brother Theo submitted it to the Salon des Indépendants in September 1889. Its energy and theme-the regenerative powers of the earth-express the artists deeply held belief in the divinity of art and nature.This groundbreaking book fills a gap in Van Gogh scholarship with an in-depth study of Irises-among the J. Paul Getty Museums most famous paintings-placed in the context of his glorious flower and garden paintings. Full-color reproductions include not only Irises, but also a panoply of nature paintings by Van Gogh and the artists who inspired him, such as Albrecht Drer, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Paul Gauguin.