In this book Ralph Skea surveys the gardens that were most dear to Van Gogh--from the domestic havens of parsonage gardens in the Netherlands to the romance of Parisian city parks, from the blazing flower beds of Provence to the asylum gardens that provided the artist with seclusion and calm in his final months Whether joyous paintings of plants in bloom or the intensely beautiful studies of lilacs, roses, irises, and pine trees that he produced in the asylum at Saint-Remy, all the oils and sketches included here are monuments to the artist's originality and poetic sensibility.

The book is divided into five main chapters, each focusing on a different theme: Monet's earliest drawings and paintings of trees; his atmospheric use of rivers and coastlines from England to Italy; the fields, farmlands, and orchards of France; parks and gardens in both the city and the countryside; and his muted depictions of trees in winter. Skea's introduction draws together these threads, putting them in the context of Monet'souvre as a whole and tracing his artistic development.

An intimate collection of Vincent van Gogh's portraits and self- portraits--perhaps the work for which he is best known

Ein frischer Blick auf die Kunst des Impressionismus -

leicht verständlich und fesselnd erzählt.