{"product_id":"vincents-portraits-ralph-skea-9780500519660","title":"Vincent's Portraits: Paintings and Drawings by Van Gogh","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers, still lifes, gardens, landscapes, and city scenes, Vincent van Gogh himself believed that his portraits constituted his most important works. Like other post-Impressionists, Van Gogh sought to capture the essential character of his models by means of expressive color and brushwork. \u003cem\u003eVincent's Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e reflects the strong visual impact with which the artist captured the energy of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dramatic set of portraits created during Van Gogh's ten-year career, the reader sees his desire to record a number of themes, from the plight of the agricultural workers in his native Brabant and the destitution of prostitutes and their children in urban Europe to the lives of his cosmopolitan acquaintances in Paris, including caf  owners and art dealers. It was here that he began his remarkable sequence of self- portraits. With reference to Van Gogh's extensive correspondence, Ralph Skea, who has written a number of books about Van Gogh, elaborates on how the artist chose his subjects as a writer would, and how he felt that his portraits should somehow evoke what he considered to be the spiritual underpinning of human existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Skea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0500519668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500519660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018 pg. 69","brand":"Ralph Skea","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946690248959,"sku":"9780500519660","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ecd7ce73-3df4-4b77-96f0-605ad711a937.jpg?v=1681514581","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vincents-portraits-ralph-skea-9780500519660","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}