Intriguing. . . . Taking what is now a topical approach, [ Lobel] regards Van Gogh as warning of threats of climate change and ecological destruction.Martin Bailey, Art Newspaper
A major scholarly achievement . . . which manages to be a page-turner of a story too. And, its coffee-table worthy . . . . Van Gogh has never seemed more relevant. This stands as my favorite book of the year in any genre.John Vincler, Cultured
In this remarkable book, Michael Lobel makes a stunning contribution to our understanding of Van Gogh, an artist seemingly so familiar as to be beyond revision. Writing with refreshing lucidity and engaging humor, Lobel substantially reframes this iconic figure of postimpressionist art by revealingin work after workan entire realm of environmental observation hitherto largely unnoticed by scholars. Susan Sidlauskas, Rutgers University
Michael Lobels superb, richly illustrated book shifts Van Gogh studies in a new, far more interesting direction. Van Gogh and the End of Nature should inspire a reinvestigation of the industrial complexities that made modernism possible. Alan C. Braddock, author of Implication: An Ecocritical Dictionary for Art History
To situate Van Gogh, the celebrated painter of nature, as a witness, a critic, and at the same time an aesthete of the industrial despoliation of nature that inevitably marked the age of coal everywhere is a stunning achievement. Michael Lobels elegantand cogently arguedbook will fundamentally change our view of this important artist and greatly advance the conversation already underway between art history and the environmental humanities. A must-read for anyone interested in that conversation. Dipesh Chakrabarty, author of The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
Van Gogh worked at the dawn of a modernity marked by a shift in the relative dominance of the natural and the manmade. Lobels exploration of this relationship in Van Goghs art is fascinating! Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature
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