Van Gogh

In a mare ten years before his suicide in 1890 Vincent van Gogh created a remarkable artistic testament.

Here, in fifty superb color plates and many monotone illustrations, are his greatest paintings: unforgettable self-portraits, portraits of the humble people he loved and glorified, flowerpieces, landscapes, café scenes.

Professor Meyer Schapiro’s introduction and commentaries on the color plates describe in fascinating detail the circumstances behind the paintings, their subjects, their technique and approach, and that certain quality which makes them part of the world’s heritage of great art.

Like its companions in THE LIBRARY OF GREAT PAINT-ERS this volume is in effect an exhibition of a great painter’s work as a permanent possession in your own home, to enjoy whenever the spirit moves you. Every painting has been photographed especially for this book, and the color proofs were checked again and again in front of the originals-by museum officials and private collectors in Europe, England, and America-until the utmost in fidelity was attained.

69 ILLUSTRATIONS, INCLUDING 49 TIPPED-IN COLORFLATES