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Vincent van Gogh: inleidende beschouwingen

H. P. Bremmer · 1911

A 1911 Dutch book by H. P. Bremmer introducing and analysing Van Gogh's paintings, written soon after his death.

An early Dutch critical study analysing Van Gogh's paintings, published soon after his death.

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H. P. Bremmer, Vincent van Gogh: inleidende beschouwingen, Amsterdam, 1911.

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What it is

This is a 1911 Dutch book by H. P. Bremmer titled Vincent van Gogh: inleidende beschouwingen (introductory considerations), published in Amsterdam. It discusses many individual paintings by Van Gogh chapter by chapter, from his early Dutch period to his later French works.

Why it matters

Written in the Netherlands not long after Van Gogh's death, this book was part of an early wave of writing that helped establish his reputation as a major artist. Because Bremmer based his study on earlier accounts and the paintings themselves rather than firsthand knowledge of Van Gogh, it counts as a secondary source.

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  • How might a study written soon after an artist's death differ from one written decades later?
  • Why might a writer organize a book painting-by-painting rather than year-by-year?
  • What assumptions might an early critic bring that a later historian would question?

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