{"product_id":"9781925495737","title":"Popular Art and the Avant-garde","description":"Author: Vincent Alessi\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781925495737\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Monash University Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Aug 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 234\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Vincent van Gogh picked up his pencil and set out on his artistic career, it was not with the intention of becoming a leader of the avant-garde art world. Rather, his aims centred on earning a reasonable wage and living within the middle-class norms of his family. Van Gogh's hope was to become an illustrator of magazines and newspapers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 188085 van Gogh assembled a collection of over 2,000 black-and-white prints, predominately from English publications such as the Graphic and the Illustrated London News. These prints were produced in the thousands to accompany news stories or as stand-alone illustrations to be pinned up in the family home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVincent Alessi reveals for the first time how van Gogh's collection acted for him as both inspiration and manual: a guide to the subject matter demanded by leading illustrated newspapers and magazines and a model of artistic style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese popular images are shown to have palpably shaped van Gogh's art, throughout his career, and to open up rich new understandings of a life and body of work that continue to intrigue and inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46867085131934,"sku":"ADS-9781925495737","price":39.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781925495737.jpg?v=1779429525","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781925495737","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}