Van Gogh Flowers (Illustrated) (Affordable Portable Art)

- Digitally restored illustrations
- Translated captions
- Annotated

Vincent Van Gogh often depicted flowering fields, gardens and floral arrangements through the skilled prism of his own unique vision, from the tulips of his native Holland to the sunflowers, irises and lavender fields of Southern France where he spent his last years. In particular, the years 1887 and 1890 were peak years for his flower paintings.

Vincent Van Gogh's short art career provided the world with unparalleled paintings from a troubled genius. It was to be an age of post-Impressionistic color, form and wonderment that the art world discovered only after the master's death. Bouts of anxiety, mental illness and epilepsy may have tormented him and brought about his suicide at the age of 37. But they may also have been catalysts for an emotionality and vibrance in his art that reveals a turbulent search for grace.

This volume displays 50 of Van Gogh's finest flower art pieces in a digitally restored state: their eye-popping brilliance and vitality are just as on the day Vincent Van Gogh finished them. Unless otherwise noted, they were originally oil paintings on canvas or wood. The arrangement is chronological within each category.

Technical Note: All 50 images are in color: they render beautifully in optimized gray-scale tones for black-and-white e-book readers, but exhibit even more stunningly in full color with color readers and inside Kindle apps for color-enabled computers and portable or hand-held devices.

Images include:

FLOWERS GROWING
Tulip Fields, 1883
Garden with Sunflower & Female Figure, 1887
Shed in Montmartre with Sunflower, 1887
Lavender Field of Saintes-Maries, 1888
Flowering Garden with Path, 1888
Flower Garden, 1888
Garden Behind House (Noon Hour), 1888
Memory of the Garden at Etten, 1888
Iris, 1889
Irises (Sword Lilies), 1889
Lilac Bush, 1889
Poppies & Butterflies, 1890
Rose Bush, 1890
Marguerite Gachet in Her Garden, 1890
Poppy Field, 1890
Garden of Daubigny I, 1890
Child with an Orange among the Flowers, 1890
Young Girl in Wheat Field with Poppies, 1890
Garden at Auvers, 1890
Garden of Daubigny II, 1890

FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS
Lunaria, 1884
Forget-Me-Not and Peonies, 1886
Vase with Asters and Phlox, 1886
Vase with Sunflowers, Roses & Other Flowers, 1886
Vase with Red Poppies, 1886
Vase with Zinnias, 1886
Geraniums in a Flower Pot, 1886
Carnations in a Vase, 1886
Cornflowers, Poppies, Peonies & Chrysanthemums, 1886
Vase with Red & White Carnations on a Yellow Background, 1886
Crown Imperials in a Copper Vase, 1887
Vase with Daisies and Anemones, 1887
Lilacs, Daisies & Anemones in a Vase, 1887
Lilacs with an Orange Background, 1887
Two Cut Sunflowers, 1887
Four Withered Sunflowers, 1887
Fourteen Sunflowers in a Vase, 1888
Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase, 1888
Three Sunflowers in a Vase, 1888
Vase with Oleanders next to Zola’s “Joie de Vivre” Novel, 1888
Twelve Sunflowers in a Vase, 1889
Fourteen Sunflowers in a Vase, 1889
Vase with Irises, 1890
Irises on a Yellow Background, 1890
Vase with Roses, 1890
Wildflowers and Thistles in a Vase, 1890
Vase with Greater Musk Mallows, 1890
Cornflowers & Poppies in a Vase, 1890
Japanese Vase with Roses & Anemones, 1890
Vase with Flowers & Thistles, 1890