100 Masterpieces in the Van Gogh Museum

by John Leighton

A selection of 100 masterpieces in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

Paperback

Published January 1, 2002

About the author

John Leighton (pseud. Luke Limner) was an English artist notable for his book illustrations and book cover designs. His talent for design found early expression in the publication "Suggestions in Design ... for the Use of Artists and Art Workmen" (1852). This was a work that expounded Leighton's values and beliefs with regard to the history of design. He used the ornaments and designs repeatedly in the thirty years after its publication with regard to illustrations within books, and for many hundreds of drawings for book cover designs.

Leighton was one of the first to study book plates, and encourage their collection, and in the early 1890s helped in the establishment of an Ex-Libris Society, of which he was the Vice-President. As a publisher, he produced a journal for the society called the Book-Plate Annual.

Several works by the artist have been sold at auction, including 'Edwardian Woman Sitting in an Armchair Admiring a Floral Display' sold at John Moran Auctioneers, Inc. 'Antiques & Decorative Arts Auction' in 2011. There have been Several articles about John Leighton, including 'Art Fund brings Sir Denis Mahon's 57 Italian Baroque masterpieces into the collections of six UK museums' written for ArtDaily in 2013.

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a pictorial overview of Van Gogh's paintings over the course of his life. It interweaves the major moments in his life with the paintings he produced at that time.
Therefore you can see how his environment influenced his work. There are excerpts from his letters to Theo and other painters that also give insights into what Van Gogh was trying to achieve in his paintings.
But above all else this book celebrates his beautiful work for its power, its excellence of colour use and its amazing understanding of what it means to be human in relation to the world. I write this on a day where the last has become very important.

[Bruno Laschet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Die 75 besten Bilder von Van Gogh im Museum werden mit einer guten Grafik und einem kurzen Text erklärt. 25 weitere Bilder von anderen Künstlern, zu denen Van Gogh eine Beziehung hatte, ergänzen das Buch. Eine gute Vorbereitung für einen Besuch im Museum in Amsterdam!