PUBLICATIONS ABOUT BOTH ARTISTS

*+Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers in collaboration with Britt Salvesen; contributions by Kristin Hoermann Lister and assisted by Mary C. Weaver. Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the South. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001.

The catalogue of the Art Institute's current exhibition that focuses on the eight week period in the autumn of 1888 when Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a studio in Arles, France. This publication includes new research and interpretation as well as significant technical insight. An appendix detailing conservation research is included.

Hartrick, Archibald Standish. A Painter's Pilgrimage through Fifty Years. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939.

A memoir by a fellow painter and contemporary of van Gogh and Gauguin. Hartrick discusses both artists and the impressions they made on their colleagues and the public.

*Jirat-Wasiutynski, Vojtech. Vincent van Gogh's Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin: A Historical and Technical Study. Cambridge, Mass.: Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard University Art Museums, 1984.

A technical study of the self-portrait van Gogh painted in Arles and dedicated to Gauguin.

*Maurer, Naomi E. The Pursuit of Spiritual Wisdom: The Thought and Art of Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1998.

An in-depth analysis of the relationship between van Gogh and Gauguin at Arles. Maurer discusses the work of both artists within the context of the Symbolist movement.

Pickvance, Ronald. Van Gogh in Arles. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1984.

Exhibition catalogue devoted to van Gogh's artistic production in Arles from1888 to May of 1889. One chapter is devoted to Gauguin's stay in Arles. Pickvance redates a number of works based on a closer look at van Gogh's correspondence.

Rewald, John. Post-Impressionism: From van Gogh to Gauguin. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1956.

An important survey of Post-Impressionism that covers such topics as Symbolism, Pointillism, the collaboration of van Gogh and Gauguin in Arles, and the careers of many individual artists.

Roskill, Mark W. Van Gogh, Gauguin, and the Impressionist Circle. Greenwich, Conn.: New York Graphic Society, 1970.

A study of van Gogh's and Gaugin's relationship to Impressionism, with two chapters devoted to their stay in Arles.

*Silverman, Debora. Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Search for Sacred Art. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.

An examination of how both artists explored their relationships to religion through their art.

Uitert, Evert van. Vincent van Gogh in Creative Competition: Four Essays from Simiolus. Zutphen, the Netherlands: Nauta, 1983.

A collection of four essays by Uitert, first published in the Dutch art history journal Simiolus between 1977 and 1982. The essays, which are translated into English, focus on van Gogh's often turbulent relationship with Paul Gauguin. The book is aimed at a scholarly audience.

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT VINCENT VAN GOGH

Hulsker, Jan. Vincent and Theo van Gogh, a Dual Biography. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Fuller Publications, 1990.

Hulsker incorporates a wealth of previously unpublished material in this detailed biography of the van Gogh brothers. His redating of many letters allows him to draw new conclusions about their careers and relationships.

Kodera, Tsukasa. Vincent van Gogh: Christianity versus Nature. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1990.

Kodera explores the tension between natural and Christian themes in van Gogh's paintings. He discusses van Gogh's deep roots in Christianity as well as his interest in current French novels and Japanese art.

Mancoff, Debra N. Sunflowers. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001.

A beautifully illustrated study of the sunflower motif in art, science, and literature from pre-Columbian times to the early twentieth century. Although this book is not on van Gogh, the essays included here provide a context in which to better understand his use of the sunflower theme.

Pickvance, Ronald. Van Gogh in Saint-Rémy and Auvers. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1986.

Exhibition catalogue focusing on van Gogh's paintings and drawings produced in Saint-Rémy and Auvers from 1889 to1890.

*Stolwijk, Chris and Richard Thomson. Theo van Gogh 1858–1891: Art Dealer, Collector, and Brother of Vincent. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum; Zwolle: Waanders Publishers, 2000.

A biography of Theo van Gogh.

*+Thomson, Belinda. Artists in Focus: Van Gogh. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001.

Part of the museum's Artists in Focus series, this book includes an essay on van Gogh's career and examines works by the artist in the Art Institute's collection, all of which are reproduced here in color.

Tsukasa, Kódera and Yvette Rosenberg, eds. The Mythology of Vincent van Gogh. Tokyo: Asahi; Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1993.

Explores the permutations of Vincent van Gogh's legend in the years since his death in 1890 and his subsequent adoption by twentieth-century popular culture. The first part of the book covers van Gogh's influence on Japanese art. The second part examines literature, films, operas, dances, and music inspired by, or featuring, the artist.

Vincent van Gogh. New York: Rizzoli, 1990.

A two-volume catalogue published for an exhibition held at the Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh in Amsterdam and at the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller in Otterlo.

*Van Gogh Face to Face: The Portraits. Detroit: The Detroit Institute of Arts in association with Thames & Hudson, 2000.

Exhibition catalogue devoted exclusively to the study of van Gogh's portraits and self-portraits.

*Walther, Ingo F. Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings. Koln: Bendedikt Taschen, 1993.

A two-volume catalogue raisonné of van Gogh's paintings.

Zemel, Caroline M. The Formation of a Legend: Van Gogh Criticism, 1890–1920. Ann Arbor, Mich.: UMI Research Press, 1980.

A survey of criticism of van Gogh's work, dating from his death to thirty years later. The book is divided into two time frames (1890–1900 and 1900–1920) and then by region (Germany, France and England, and the Netherlands).

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT PAUL GAUGUIN

Bodelsen, Merete. Gauguin's Ceramics, a Study in the Development of His Art. London: Faber and Faber, 1964.

An important study of Gauguin's ceramic production.

Boyle-Turner, Caroline. The Prints of the Pont-Aven School: Gauguin and His Circle in Brittany.  Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service; New York: Abbeville Press, 1986.

A study of the prints made between 1889 and 1894 by Gauguin and his contemporaries in Brittany. An introductory essay places the prints of the Pont-Aven School within the context of the French art world in the 1890s.

Brettell, Richard, et. al. The Art of Paul Gauguin. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1988.

Exhibition catalogue considering the entire range of Gauguin's oeuvre. Includes a chronology and an extensive bibliography.

Gray, Christopher. Sculpture and Ceramics of Paul Gauguin. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1963.

A catalogue raisonné of Gauguin's sculpture and ceramics.

*+Salvesen, Britt with Douglas W. Druick and Peter Kort Zegers. Artists in Focus: Gauguin.  Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 2001.

Part of the museum's Artists in Focus series, this book examines works by Gauguin in the Art Institute's collection, all of which are reproduced in color.

Sweetman, David Paul. Gauguin, a Complete Life. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1995.

An in-depth biography of Gauguin. Included are family photos, a history of the Gauguin family from colonial Peru to France, and extensive information on Tahiti and the contemporary world that influenced the artist.

*Thomson, Belinda, ed. Gauguin by Himself. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1993.

Excerpts from the artist's letters and writings.

Wildenstein, Georges. Gauguin. Paris: Les Beaux-Arts, 1964.

A catalogue raisonné of Gauguin's paintings. Each painting is illustrated in black and white and described in detail with names of all the owners included. The text is in French.

PUBLICATIONS ABOUT the LETTERS

Gauguin, Paul. Correspondance de Paul Gauguin. Victor Merlhès, ed. Paris: Fondation Singer-Polignac, 1984.

The complete collection of Gauguin's correspondence from 1873 to 1888. In French.

Gauguin, Paul. Lettres de Gauguin à Daniel de Monfreid. Paris: G. Falaize, 1950.

A collection of eighty-four letters written during Gauguin's stay in Tahiti and the Marqueses between 1891 and 1903.  Monfried was a close friend and financial backer of Gauguin's. Some of Monfreid's letters to Gauguin are included in a separate section of the book. Text is in French.

Gauguin, Paul. Paul Gauguin: Letters to His Wife and Friends. Cleveland: World, 1949.

English translations of selected letters by the artist.

+Gogh, Vincent van. Complete Letters: With Reproductions of All the Drawings in the Correspondence. Boston: Bulfinch Press, 2000.

This three-volume work includes English translations of most of van Gogh's letters. Some letters have been redated since its publication.

Gogh, Vincent van. The Letters of Vincent van Gogh. Selected and edited by Ronald de Leeuw. New York: Penguin Books, 1998.

A condensed version of the multi-volume collection of letters.

Hulsker, Jan. "Vincent's Stay in the Hospitals at Arles and St.-Rémy: Unpublished Letters from the Reverend Mr. Salles and Doctor Peyron to Theo van Gogh." Vincent 1 (1970): 20–31.

These previously unpublished letters shed light on the artist's recurring periods of mental illness.

Jansen, Leo and Jan Robert, eds. Brief Happiness: The Correspondence of Theo van Gogh and Jo Bonger. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum; Zwolle: Waanders, 1999.

A study of the correspondence between Theo van Gogh and his fiancée Jo Bonger.

Merlhès, Victor. Paul Gauguin et Vincent van Gogh 1887–1888: Lettres Retrouvées, Sources Ignorées. Taravao, Tahiti: Avanti et Apres, 1989.

Merlhès examines letters by both artists, to each other as well as to family and friends, written around the period of their stay in Arles. These sources afford a glimpse into the artists' relationship and evolving views of each another. The text is in French.

PUBLICATIONS FOR CHILDREN

Anholt, Laurence. Camille and the Sunflowers. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1994.

*Becker, Christopher. Paul Gauguin: A Journey to Tahiti. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 2001.

*Bernard, Bruce. Van Gogh. New York: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, 2000.

*Breunesse, Caroline. Visiting Vincent van Gogh. Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1997.

Harrison, Peter. Vincent van Gogh. New York: Sterling Publishing, 1996.

Hughes, Andrew, Antony Mason, and Jen Green. Van Gogh. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series, 1994.

Pierre, Michel, and Phillipe Moins. Good Day, Mr. Gauguin. Broomall, Pennsylvania: Chelsea House Publishers, 1995.

*Greenfeld, Howard. "Paul Gauguin." First Impressions Series: Introductions to Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993.

*Rubin, Susan Goldman and Joseph A. Smith. The Yellow House: Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Side by Side. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001.

*Venezia, Mike. "Paul Gauguin." Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists. Danbury, Conn.: Children's Press, 1994.

*Venezia, Mike. "Van Gogh." Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists. Danbury, Conn.: Children's Press, 1998.

LINKS TO RELATED WEB SITES

The Vincent van Gogh Information Gallery
The most comprehensive source of information about van Gogh available on the Web. Offers a database of van Gogh's work with more than 900 of his paintings and 450 of his sketches. An annotated bibliography of books, films, Web sites, and CD-ROMs is also provided.

Van Gogh Museum
The Web site of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Includes images, a chronology of the artist's life and work, and a virtual tour of the collection.

Van Gogh's Letters
Includes selected letters from van Gogh to his brother Theo, his sister Wilhelmina, and to fellow artists.

National Galle ry of Art Tour: Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Cezanne
|Introduction to the paintings of van Gogh and other Post-Impressionist artists in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

WebMuseum: Van Gogh
Includes a biography of van Gogh with discussion of his importance to later art movements. The site is divided into sections devoted to specific types of painting, including landscapes, portraits, and still lifes. Includes essays on specific, well-known paintings.

Inside Art: An Adventure in Art History
Explore a painting by van Gogh in this interactive site designed for ages nine and older by Educational Web Adventures. Includes a worksheet for teachers to use with students in the classroom.

Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven
Web site for the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, featuring paintings by Paul Gauguin and others artists working in Brittany at the end of the 19th century.

WebMuseum: Gauguin
Overview of Gauguin's life and work. Includes a biography and essays on selected works.

Olga's Gallery: Paul Gauguin
Includes a gallery of 145 digital images.

Artcyclopedia: Gauguin
Links to museums and image archives that include the works of Paul Gauguin.