Vincent Van Gogh. Pittore colto

Catalog of the exhibition at Mudec Milan from September 21, 2023 to January 28, 2024

The exhibition at Mudec in Milan, which focuses on a remarkable group of paintings and drawings from the extraordinary collection of works at the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, highlights the complexity of van Gogh’s artistic personality, the interpretation of which has been too much conditioned by stereotypes linked to his tragic existential dimension.

The exhibition puts and focus on the richness and depth of cultural interests underlying van Gogh’s vision of life and art, developing two major themes: his passionate interest in books at all times in his life and his fascination with the Orient fueled by his love of Japanese prints, of which he was a collector.

The richly illustrated catalog, edited by specialist Francesco Poli, places alongside capital works by the artist a series of books that belonged to him and a valuable collection of prints by his beloved Japanese artists from the fine collection of the Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art in Genoa.

AUTHOR
FRANCESCO POLI – An art historian, critic and curator, he is Professor of Contemporary Art History at the Brera Academy. He is the author of numerous volumes devoted mainly to 20th-century art, and writes regularly for various magazines and newspapers.