Scope: Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch artist who in spite of his early death at age thirty-seven, produced works which greatly influenced the art world. He his noted for his drawings of peasants at work. Van Gogh expressed form, energy, and light through the marriage of line and color through which he revealed his intense perceptions of the natural world. (Piper, The Illustrated Dictionary of Art & Artists)

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF N 31.D5 1996 The Dictionary of Art

REF N 5300.I 45 1984 The Illustrated Dictionary of Art & Artists

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library:

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Hulsker, Jan. Vincent and Theo Van Gogh: A Dual Biography. Ann Arbor: Fuller 
Publications, 1990.

Sweetman, David. Van Gogh: His Life and His Art. New York: Crown Publishers,
1990.

Zemel, Carol M. Van Gogh’s Progress: Utopia, Modernity, and Late-Nineteenth –Century Art. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Open Access Journals in Visual Arts

WEB SITES 

Art History Network
http://www.arthistory.net/

Van Gogh’s letters
http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/

Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu

Updated 08/24/2007