The Yellow House : Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles

This chronicle of the two months in 1888 when Paul Gauguin shared a house in France with Vincent Van Gogh describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of their everyday lives. Includes 60 B & W reproductions of the artists' paintings and drawings from the period.;Intro; Frontsales; ALSO BY MARTIN GAYFORD; Copyright; Dedication; Illustrations; 1. The Arrival; 2. Beginning and Carrying On; 3. Lessons among the Tombs; 4. Collaboration; 5. Perilous Memories; 6. Divisions; 7. Musicians in Color; 8. Painting a Family; 9. Portrait of the Artist; 10. Looking at Art; 11. The Crisis; 12. Aftermath; Notes on Sources; Selected Bibliography; Picture Credits; Acknowledgments; Blurb; Back Ad From October to December 1888, Paul Gauguin shared a home in Arles with Vincent van Gogh. This was, without doubt, the most celebrated cohabitation in art history: never, before or since have two such towering artistic talents been penned up in so small a space. They were the Odd Couple of art history. Predictably, the results were explosive. The dénouement of their life together has entered into folklore. Two months after Gauguin arrived in Arles, Van Gogh suffered a psychological crisis. He spent most of the rest of his life in a mental institution. Gauguin fled from Arles, and they never saw each other again. But in the brief period during which they worked together a stream of masterpieces was created within the studio they shared. Here, for the first time, the full story of their life together is told.--From publisher description. This chronicle of the two months in 1888 when Paul Gauguin shared a house in France with Vincent Van Gogh describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of their everyday lives. Includes 60 B&W reproductions of the artists' paintings and drawings from the period.