A Memoir of Vincent van Gogh

Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Martin Gayford

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English

Pallas Athene Publishers
01 August 2023

Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Painting & paintings; Biography: arts & entertainment; Memoirs

Series: Lives of the Artists

What am I in the eyes of most people - a non-entity, an eccentric, or an unpleasant person - somebody who has no position in society and will never have; in short, the lowest of the low. All right, then - even if that were absolutely true, then I should one day like to show by my work what such an eccentric, such a nobody, has in his heart. That is my ambition, based less on resentment than on love in spite of everything, based more on a feeling of serenity than on passion. Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calm, pure harmony and music inside me. I see paintings or drawings in the poorest cottages, in the dirtiest corners. And my mind is driven to-wards these things with an irresistible momentum.

Vincent van Gogh's short, passionate life was driven by an almost unimaginable creative energy that eventually overwhelmed him. The outlines of his story the early strivings in Holland and Paris, the revelatory impact of the move to Provence, the attacks of madness that led ineluctably to his suicide are almost as familiar as the paintings. Few however knew Van Gogh as well as his sister-in-law. After Vincent's death and that of her husband, his brother Theo, Jo van Gogh-Bonger devoted her life to preserving and exhibiting his paintings, and editing his letters. It is thanks to her tireless work that Vincent's greatness as an artist (and indeed as a writer) came to be acknowledged. Jo's short biography of Vincent is perhaps the closest we can come to Vincent the man, as seen by those who knew him.

87 colour illustrations

By: Jo van Gogh-Bonger
Edited by: Martin Gayford
Imprint: Pallas Athene Publishers
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 145mm, Width: 114mm,
Weight: 198g
ISBN: 9781843681557
ISBN 10: 1843681552
Series: Lives of the Artists
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Introduction by MARTIN GAYFORD p. 11 A Memoir of Vincent van Gogh JO VAN GOGH-BONGER p. 27 List of illustrations p. 189

Jo van Gogh-Bonger (1862-1925) teacher, translator and pioneer socialist, married Van Gogh's brother Theo in 1889. After the death of both brothers the following year she devoted herself to promoting Vincent's art and writings, organizing major exhibitions, and editing the letters. Her son Vincent-Willem continued the work at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Reviews for A Memoir of Vincent van Gogh

"""The London publishing house Pallas Athene has come up with the very welcome and worthwhile project of assembling English translations of early biographies of artists in an easily accessible publication."" - Historians of Netherlands Art Reviews"