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Vincent van Gogh

Curt Glaser · 1921

A 1921 German monograph on Van Gogh by art historian Curt Glaser, part of a scholarly art history series.

A substantial secondary study of Van Gogh's art and life by a German art historian.

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Curt Glaser, Vincent van Gogh, 1921. Scanned book, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a book titled Vincent van Gogh by Curt Glaser, published in Leipzig in 1921 as part of a series on art history. It includes a bibliography and is held as a scanned copy by the Internet Archive.

Why it matters

Glaser's monograph is part of the wave of early scholarly studies that spread Van Gogh's fame across Europe after his death. It shows how German art historians engaged seriously with his work only decades after he painted.

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  • Why might an art historian in Germany be interested in writing about a Dutch painter who worked mostly in France?
  • What does the existence of a bibliography tell you about how seriously the author treated his subject?
  • How might a study written in German differ from one written by a French critic?

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