Irises

IRISES:
Vincent van Gogh in the Garden

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 a period of mental illness. Its energy and theme - the regenerative powers of the earth - express the artist’s deeply held belief in the divinity of art and nature.

Featuring full-colour reproductions, not only of van Gogh’s nature paintings, but also from the artists who inspired him - including Albrecht Dürer, Da Vinci, Monet, and Gaugin - this beautiful volume presents a long overdue and in-depth study of Irises, placed in the context of his glorious flower and garden paintings.

£12.95 hb 9780892362264 J. Paul Getty Museum