18 books like Vincent van Gogh

What to read after Vincent van Gogh — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Delirium Lauren Oliver · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 428p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The first book in Lauren Oliver’s New York Times bestselling trilogy about forbidden love, revolution, and the power to choose.In an alternate United States, love has been declared a dangerous disease, and the government forces everyone who reaches eighteen to have a procedure called the Cure. Living with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Portland, Maine, Lena Haloway is very much looking forward… Shares: Community pick

Lyonel Feininger Lyonel Feininger · 1950 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Lyonel und Julia: Von der Kunst, zu lieben. Eine schicksalshafte Liebesgeschichte, erzählt in größtenteils nie veröffentlichten Briefen. Zugleich ein Zeugnis vom Arbeiten und Leben des großen Malers, pünktlich zu seinem 150. Geburtstag.Im Juli 1905 treffen Lyonel Feininger und Julia Berg im Zug Richtung Ostsee jeweils die Liebe ihres Lebens. Beide sind verheiratet, doch schnell ist ihnen klar,… Shares: Art collections, Painters, Exhibitions, Biography & Memoir

Van Gogh Federico Zeri · 1937 · ★ 4.1 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of them in the last two years of his life. They inclu Shares: Impressionism, Painters, Exhibitions, Correspondence

Edvard Munch Edvard Munch · 1927 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Während eines achtmonatigen Aufenthalts in dem Sanatorium von Dr. Daniel Jacobsen in Kopenhagen verwandelt Munch sein Krankenzimmer in ein Atelier und entwickelt einen neuen extrovertierteren und expressiveren Stil. In dieser Zeit entsteht das Meisterwerk Alpha und Omega, eine grafische Mappe bestehend aus 22 lithographischen Blättern und einem gedruckten Prosagedicht. Zusammen ergeben sie eine… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Art collections, Exhibitions, Art

Max Beckmann Max Beckmann · 1931 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging "This panoramic presentation of Max Beckmann's painted oeuvre sheds new light on central themes such as the world of cabaret, music, and the theater, dreams and reality, staged sensuality, and the role of the female muse, as well as the artist's unusual ways of employing romanticizing visual motifs in landscapes and urban contexts."--BOOK JACKET Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Art collections, Painters, Correspondence

Henry Moore David Sylvester · 1934 · ★ 4.4 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Challenging This seventh and final volume in the complete catalogue of Henry Moore's drawings provides a key to the material contained in the other six volumes. It gives a consolidated version of all the reference apparatus contained in each of the other volumes (index, concordance and list of exhibitions), enabling the user to track down any particular drawing from any period or volume by means of its… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Art collections, Art, Biography & Memoir

Monet Claude Monet · 1963 · ★ 4.3 · 36p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A combination of chronological texts and superb reproductions offers not only a valuable sourcebook for students and lovers of Impressionist art but also a visual and verbal documentation of a great artist and his influence upon the world. Shares: Impressionism, Painters, Exhibitions, Biography & Memoir

Max Ernst Max Ernst · 1956 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Max Ernst: Life and Work draws on an unprecedented collection of source material, much of it published here for the first time, to present a compelling portrait of the artist's life and an intellectual portrait of an entire period. These letters and notes by friends and contemporaries provide insight into the reception of his oeuvre, illustrate Ernst's own texts and shed light on his… Shares: Drawing, Art collections, Exhibitions, Art

Robota Doug Chiang · 2003 · ★ 3.7 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate "A captivating tale of action, romance, and betrayal, Robota features breathtaking illustrations that add a cinematic scope to every page. Orson Scott Card, author of the award-winning bestseller Ender's Game, collaborated with artist Doug Chiang on the story and wrote the narrative for this visionary work. This edition includes additional, never-before-seen art that Chiang developed for a… Shares: Individual artists, Art

Le Corbusier Le Corbusier · 1938 · ★ 3.8 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Challenging From acclaimed biographer and cultural historian, author of Balthus and Patron Saints—the first full-scale life of le Corbusier, one of the most influential, admired, and maligned architects of the twentieth century, heralded is a prophet in his lifetime, revered as a god after his death.He was a leader of the modernist movement that sought to create better living conditions and a better society… Shares: Art collections, Exhibitions, Correspondence

Robert Gober Robert Gober · 1990 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Moderate An exhibition focusing on the artist's current work specifically created for the space. There are also several essays on the this work. Shares: Individual artists, Exhibitions, Art

Paul Klee Paul Klee · 1930 · ★ 3.8 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature,… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Art collections, Biography & Memoir

Mémoires d'une portraitiste, 1755-1842 Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun · 1835 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Madame Lebrun brought out her Memoirs at the suggestion of her friend, the Princess Dolgoruki. in 1835. The authoress was bom in 1756, at Paris, where she died in 1842. She was the daughter of Louis Vig6e, an obscure portrait painter. Her baptismal name was Marie Louise Elisabeth. In 1776 Mademoiselle Vig6e was married to Jean Baptiste Pierre Lebrun, a notable picture dealer and critic, known… Shares: Art collections, Painters, Correspondence, Biography & Memoir

Picasso William S. Lieberman · 1932 · ★ 3.6 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Text describes several works from Picasso's Blue and Rose periods. Ten color plates, including one on the front cover, are included. Shares: Art collections, Exhibitions, Art, Biography & Memoir

Oskar Kokoschka Oskar Kokoschka · 1947 · 226p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Bei Jahrhunderten der Literatur ist es unvermeidlich, dass einige durch das Raster fallen. Wir jagen gemeinfreie Werke und restaurieren sie, damit sie der Welt nicht verloren gehen. Wer sind wir? Wir sind Cairn Press. Unser Hintergrund liegt in Design, Verlagswesen, Typografie und Technologie. Diese Fähigkeiten treiben unsere Mission voran, öffentlich zugängliche eBooks von höchster Qualität zu… Shares: Catalogues raisonnés, Exhibitions

Louise Bourgeois Louise Bourgeois · 1981 · 131p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Though known primarily for her sculpture, Louise Bourgeois has displayed a lifelong passion for drawing and considers it to be essential to her oeuvre. This exceptional book is the first to combine over fifty years of the artist's drawings with her own observations. Not merely preparatory studies for her sculptures, Bourgeois's drawings are fully realized, independent works of art that rank as… Shares: Drawing & drawings, Exhibitions, Biography & Memoir

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1960 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate 237 p. : 29 cm Shares: Art collections, Exhibitions, Correspondence, Biography & Memoir

Christo Christo · 1964 · ★ 5.0 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThis action-packed YA debut pits a deadly siren princess and a siren-hunting human prince against each other as they fight to protect their kingdoms.Princess Lira is siren royalty and the most lethal of them all. With the hearts of seventeen princes in her collection, she is revered across the sea. Until a twist of fate forces her to kill one of her own. To punish… Shares: Individual artists, Exhibitions, Art

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