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Close up of Van Gogh's 1885 painting The Potato Eaters, maid in white hat, The Potato Eaters in white font to centre.

The Potato Eaters

Van Gogh's First Masterpiece

By (author) Bregje Gerritse

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  • Bregje Gerritse, a researcher at the Van Gogh Museum, describes in this book how meticulously Van Gogh went about preparing The Potato Eaters
Full Description

The Potato Eaters is one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous works. The artist himself described it in 1887 as ‘after all the best thing I did’. He completed it in the spring of 1885 while living with his parents in Nuenen after his brother Theo had asked him to paint a ‘masterwork’ for the Paris art market. Van Gogh’s fascination for peasant life led him to choose as his subject a scene of a simple meal by lamplight. He was convinced that ‘there’s life in it’, which was precisely what he was seeking. Bregje Gerritse, a researcher at the Van Gogh Museum, describes in this book how meticulously Van Gogh went about preparing The Potato Eaters. Through his preliminary studies and letters, we get to know an ambitious painter working constantly to improve his skills. We discover the details of his location, make the acquaintance of the figures in the painting and read how his friends and critics responded to a work that Van Gogh wanted so badly to be his artistic breakthrough.

About the Author

The author Bregje Gerritse is a researcher at the Van Gogh Museum and curator of the exhibition The Potato Eaters: Mistake or Masterpiece? She has previously contributed to the exhibition and publication On the Verge of Insanity: Van Gogh and His Illness and she is currently one of the authors working on the forthcoming collection catalogue Vincent van Gogh: Paintings 3: Arles, Saint‐Rémy and Auvers.

Specifications
Publisher
Exhibitions International
ISBN
9789493070394
Published
10th Mar 2022
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
United Kingdom and Ireland
Size
240 mm x 170 mm
Pages
104 Pages
Illustrations
60 color
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