Ronald de Leeuw Knihy

Designed to demolish some of the myths surrounding Van Gogh, this book provides not only a unique self-portrait of the man, but a vivid picture of the contemporary cultural scene.

This sumptuous presentation of the collection of the Van Gogh Museum is a richly orchestrated picture of 19th-century art, with Vincent van Gogh at its center. The book, illustrated in color throughout, includes a generous selection of works from every period of Van Gogh's creativity. In addition, works originally acquired by Vincent and his brother Theo through purchase or exchange are included -- paintings by Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monticelli, Pissarro, and others. A broad and diverse selection of European art of the later 19th century provides a further context for Van Gogh's paintings.

This sumptuous presentation of the collection of the Van Gogh Museum is a richly orchestrated picture of 19th-century art, with Vincent van Gogh at its center. The book, illustrated in color throughout, includes a generous selection of works from every period of Van Gogh's creativity. In addition, works originally acquired by Vincent and his brother Theo through purchase or exchange are included -- paintings by Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Monticelli, Pissarro, and others. A broad and diverse selection of European art of the later 19th century provides a further context for Van Gogh's paintings.

Winter Tales: Depictions of Winter in European Art from Bruegel to Beuys. An exhibition organized by the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Kunsthaus Zurich Guest curator: Ronald de Leeuw, Amsterdam ... Over thirty important museums, among them the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the National Gallery and the Tate in London, the Staatliche Museen in Berlin, and our partner the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam have lent outstanding works. Three years in the making, the exhibition also brings together important loans from Munich, Strasbourg, Rotterdam, Dresden, Zurich, Philadelphia, Darmstadt, Edinburgh, Cologne, The Hague, New York, Gent, Weimar and Boston. However, the unique focal point of the exhibition in Vienna is in the Picture Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum: Pieter Bruegel the elder's painting Hunters in the Snow, perhaps the most famous depiction of winter in European art. But the exhibition also includes paintings by Jacob van Ruisdael, Hendrick Avercamp, Jan van Goyen, Aert van der Neer, Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Steen, Jacob Jordaens, William Turner, Francisco de Goya, Caspar David Friedrich, Gustave Courbet, Jean-François Millet, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh, Giovanni Segantini, Edvard Munch, Joseph Beuys and Anselm Kiefer--from Press Release.