IDENTITY
Du dessin et de la couleur
Art Writing
Work Summary
A theoretical discussion of drawing and colour and of their respective roles within visual art. Bracquemond considers artistic perception, representation and the relationship between linear structure and colour in pictorial practice.
Evidence Summary
Van Gogh explicitly says he has read Bracquemond's book and calls it beautiful; the edition connects the work with his contemporary colour vocabulary.
Contemporary theory on drawing and colour enters the same intensive 1885 cluster as Delacroix, Silvestre and Gigoux.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Félix Bracquemond
Work
Du dessin et de la couleur
Years / Period
8–15 Aug 1885
Van Gogh Relation
Read
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
a beautiful book
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
8–15 Aug 1885 — Letter 526
Read / strongly approved
a beautiful book
Response: Van Gogh explicitly says he has read Bracquemond's book and calls it beautiful; the edition connects the work with his contemporary colour vocabulary.
Connection: Contemporary theory on drawing and colour enters the same intensive 1885 cluster as Delacroix, Silvestre and Gigoux.
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Study Subject
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