Vincent's Portraits author-mitchell-oakley-smith Dempsey’s lucid writing and carefully

Dempsey’s lucid writing and carefully selected artworks define sixty-eight essential groupings in western modern art

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Vincent's Portraits author-mitchell-oakley-smith Dempsey’s lucid writing and carefullyDespite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers, still lifes, gardens, landscapes and city scenes, during his lifetime Vincent van Gogh believed that his portraits constituted his most important works. Although as an artist he was touched by so many different things, he was nevertheless committed to the art of portraiture a quality that distinguished him from his contemporaries. Van Gogh was passionate in his avoidance of bland, photographic