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The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles
Martin Gayford
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Description for The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles
paperback. An account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French town of Arles. It is an exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world has sought to explain. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
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'Masterly . . . a wonderfully alert and moving portrait' Mail on Sunday
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Two artistic giants. One small house.
From October to December 1888 a pair of at the time largely unknown artists lived under one roof in the French provincial town of Arles. Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh ate, drank, talked, argued, slept and painted in one of the most intense and astonishing creative outpourings in history. Yet as the weeks passed Van Gogh buckles under the strain, fought with his companion and committed an act of violence on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141016733
SKU
9780141016733
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About Martin Gayford
Martin Gayford has been Art Critic of the Spectator and the Sunday Telegraph, and Chief European Art Critic for Bloomberg. Among his publications are The Penguin Book of Art Writing, of which he was co-editor, and contributions to many catalogues for exhibitions at Tate, the Hayward Gallery, the Courtauld Galleries, the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris. Martin Gayford lives in Cambridge ... Read more
Reviews for The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles
A drily witty, original and profoundly absorbing book
Independent
A wonderfully perceptive, revealing and touching book
Sunday Telegraph
A story of such fascination on so many levels . . . Martin Gayford tells it vividly, intelligently and intelligibly
Literary Review
Gayford's fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art history is both moving and ... Read more
Independent
A wonderfully perceptive, revealing and touching book
Sunday Telegraph
A story of such fascination on so many levels . . . Martin Gayford tells it vividly, intelligently and intelligibly
Literary Review
Gayford's fascinating depiction of the Odd Couple of art history is both moving and ... Read more