The Van Goghs at the Grafton Galleries

• Autores: Martin Bailey
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 152, Nº 1293, 2010, págs. 794-798
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The writer discusses the works by Vincent van Gogh on show in “Manet and the Post-Impressionists,” an exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in London in 1910–11. Until this exhibition, Van Gogh had remained relatively unknown to the British public, but he was soon to become, along with Paul Gauguin, one of the two most famous Post-Impressionists. Altogether nearly 30 Van Goghs were shown, out of a total of around 250 works. These included probably 25 paintings, plus several drawings; all were made after 1886, dating from his French period. Curator Roger Fry wanted to present Van Gogh as an avant-garde artist and was not interested in covering his Dutch years, when his work was influenced by the established Hague School artists. Spanning a range of subject matter, the works on show provided a good overview of Van Gogh's finest years. The writer discusses how the paintings were sourced and secured.