The Copy Turns Original: Vincent van Gogh and a new approach to traditional art practice
Cornelia Homburg
At St.-Rémy, in 1889-90, without his usual contacts and confined to a hospital, van Gogh produced a series of painted copies of work by other artists. We usually attribute these to therapy for his isolation and pass over them in considering his œuvre. Homburg's study, however, concentrates on this… read more[OCULI: Studies in the Arts of the Low Countries, 6] 1996. vii, 250 pp., 9 color plates;89 bl/wh plates

