‘There’s a similar reluctance about taking me into the house as there would be about having a large, shaggy dog in the house.’
Vincent to Theo, December 1783
‘I’ve become so absorbed in peasant life by continually seeing it at all hours of the day that I really hardly ever think of anything else.’
Vincent to Theo, April 1885
The New Potato Eaters: Van Gogh in Nuenen 1883–1885. In December 1883 Vincent van Gogh went to live with his parents in the Dutch town of Nuenen, where his father was the pastor at the Dutch Reformed church. Having spent three and a half years struggling to forge a career as an artist, Van Gogh arrived home hungry, impoverished and emotionally spent. His immense efforts had yielded nothing of substance, and the retreat to Nuenen was intended to repair his health and improve his finances, while calmly pursuing his art. When he left in November 1885, he had amassed a body of work, including his first masterpiece, The Potato Eaters, but his time in Nuenen had been fraught with incident. The New Potato Eaters traces Van Gogh’s artistic development in Nuenen, and sets his work in a broad historical context. Two pieces in verse and a set of new portraits of present-day Nuenen residents reflect creatively on Van Gogh’s achievement. Innovative, original and beautifully designed, The New Potato Eaters takes a fresh and distinctive look at Van Gogh in Nuenen.
Paperback with jacket wrap, 272 x 240 mm, 136 pages, 100 illustrations.
Designed by Teresa Monachino.
Paper by Fedrigoni.
June 2015.
ISBN 9780992891213