Irises: Vincent Van Gogh in the Garden

by Jennifer Helvey

Book Overview

This lovely book tells the fascinating story of Vincent van Gogh's famous floral paintings.

Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-R?my, where he was recuperating from an attack of mental illness. Although he considered the painting more a study than a finished picture, his brother Theo submitted it to the Salon des Ind?pendants in September 1889. Its energy and theme--the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089236226X
• ISBN13: 9780892362264
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 7.9"