Vincent Van Gogh may be one of the best-loved artists in the world today. His brilliant colors and energetic brushwork have a passionate appeal that touches nearly everyone. Few people, however, are familiar with Van Gogh's drawings. Van Gogh: Master Draughtsman will bring the reader into the world of this astonishing artist's imagination, a sensuous world of toned papers, vibrant lines of chalk and pen, veils of watercolor and pastel, and sparkling white highlights. Here we can truly see the artist at work, forming his first ideas, thinking them through, and bringing them to dazzling maturity. Created by the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam to accompany a traveling exhibition of the master's works on paper, this beautiful book will be an indispensable resource and a joy to artists and art lovers everywhere. Illustrated in color, this volume brings the panoply of Van Gogh drawings vividly to life.
