Van Gogh and the colors of the night

his very first letter sketch in 1876 until his last paintings in 1890. In many paintings, most of which are now considered to be key works in his oeuvre, he addressed the paradoxical task of representing night through color. Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night presents new insight on Van Goghs depictions of the twilight and dark hours, and is the first volume to focus on this aspect of the artists career. This book explores the different layers of content of these works: tradition and modernity, rest at the end of the day, the cycles of nature and rural labour, the poetry of the night, and artistic and literary influences. It also discusses in depth the stylistic and technical methods Van Gogh used to realize his effects of dark and light. This publication accompanies the exhibition of the same name at the MOMA in New York (from the 21st of September 2008 until the 5th of January 2009) and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (from the 13rd February until the 7th of June 2009). English (ISBN 978 90 61538 29 5)