Yellow House : Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-11-14
Publisher(s): Little Brown & Co
List Price: $27.01

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Summary

This chronicle of the two months in 1888 when Paul Gauguin shared a house in France with Vincent Van Gogh describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of their everyday lives. Includes 60 B&W reproductions of the artists' paintings and drawings from the period.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix
Floor Plan of the Yellow House xii
1 The Arrival: October 23, 1888
1(25)
2 Beginning and Carrying On: October 24-28
26(31)
3 Lessons among the Tombs: October 28-November 4
57(34)
4 Collaboration: November 5-10
91(27)
5 Perilous Memories: November 11-14
118(24)
6 Divisions: November 15-23
142(37)
7 Musicians in Color: November 23—December 4
179(16)
8 Painting a Family: November 23—December 4
195(35)
9 Portrait of the Artist: December 4-15
230(22)
10 Looking at Art: December 16-19 252(15)
11 The Crisis: December 22-25 267(20)
12 Aftermath: December 26, 2005 287(28)
Notes on Sources 315(7)
Selected Bibliography 322(4)
Picture Credits 326(2)
Acknowledgments 328(3)
Index 331

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