An original interpretation of the final years of Van Gogh’s career exploring the people and
places in his late paintings The years prior to Van Gogh’s death in 1890 were pivotal to
the painter’s brief artistic career. He was working in the South of France and intent on
creating new work which would advance his career. Van Gogh set about developing compositions
that were informed by the natural world surrounding him by the poets and lovers he encountered
in literature and by the individual models he was depicting. The process of his imaginative
transformations has never been explored and this will provide the opportunity to present
significant new insights into the much-loved painter’s life. The catalogue features an
incredible range of ambitious canvases and important works on paper. It presents new research
on themes including the artist’s innovative approach to exhibiting his work and the varied
literary sources that inspired his characters and compositions. These topics are rarely written
about in relation to this well-known artist and are bound to expand both scholarly and public
interpretations of Van Gogh’s remarkable oeuvre. Published by National Gallery Global
Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery London
(14 September 2024–19 January 2025)
