Vincent van Gogh painted Irises in the last year of his life, in the garden of the asylum at Saint-Remy, where he was recuperating from an attack of mental illness.
Although he considered the painting more a study than a finished picture, his brother Theo submitted it to the Salon des Independants in September 1889.
Its energy and theme--the regenerative powers of the earth--express the artist's deeply held belief in the divinity of art and nature.
This groundbreaking book fills a gap in Van Gogh scholarship with an in-depth study of Irises--among the J.
Paul Getty Museum's most famous paintings--placed in the context of his glorious flower and garden paintings.
Full-color reproductions include not only Irises, but also a panoply of nature paintings by Van Gogh and the artists who inspired him, such as Albrecht Durer, Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, and Paul Gauguin.
About the Author: Jennifer Helvey is an independent scholar living in Ithaca, New York.
She was assistant curator in the Department of Paintings at the J.
Paul Getty Museum from 1996 to 2001.
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