IDENTITY
Causeries sur les artistes de mon temps
Art Writing
Work Summary
Causeries sur les artistes de mon temps by Jean Gigoux is a collection of recollections and informal critical discussions about nineteenth-century artists known or observed by Gigoux. Combining memoir, anecdote and criticism, it offers personal accounts of artists' characters, careers and working practices.
Evidence Summary
Van Gogh says he greatly enjoyed reading things about Delacroix by Gigoux and retells the anecdote about constructing a horse from centres/masses before deriving outline and action.
Artist anecdote becomes a concrete principle of construction from masses rather than contour.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Jean Gigoux
Work
Causeries sur les artistes de mon temps
Years / Period
8–15 Aug 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Read, Discussed / Commented On
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
some other things about Delacroix, too, by Gigoux
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
8–15 Aug 1885 — Letter 526
Read / enjoyed / reused artist anecdotes
some other things about Delacroix, too, by Gigoux
Response: Van Gogh says he greatly enjoyed reading things about Delacroix by Gigoux and retells the anecdote about constructing a horse from centres/masses before deriving outline and action.
Connection: Artist anecdote becomes a concrete principle of construction from masses rather than contour.
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