The Art Newspaper10d
‘Mystery of a masterpiece’: how Van Gogh’s postman portrait ‘disappeared’ from London’s Tate Gallery a century ago
Now owned by New York’s MoMA, the painting of Joseph Roulin is the star loan for a major exhibition opening in Boston ...
Artnet News23h
Van Gogh’s Radiant Portraits of a Postman’s Family Get a Rare Reunion
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Van Gogh Museum have staged the first show dedicated to Vincent van Gogh's Roulin ...
Lawyer Monthly11d
Was a $50 Garage Sale Painting Actually by Van Gogh?
A portrait purchased for under $50 at a Minnesota garage sale is at the center of a heated art world debate. The painting, ...
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Someone Bought This Painting at a Garage Sale for $50. Experts Say It’s a Lost van Gogh Worth $15 Million
As van Gogh’s 35 self-portraits illustrate ... ended up at a garage sale in Minneapolis is really the $15 million mystery,” he adds.
Artnet27d
Why This Van Gogh Portrait Was Left Forgotten in a Chicken Coop
Nowadays it would be incomprehensible to use a portrait by Vincent van Gogh to block a hole in a chicken coop, but that’s exactly what the family of one sitter—doctor Félix Rey—did for a ...
New York Post11d
Vincent van Gogh painting worth $15 million bought at Minnesota garage sale for $50 ruled ‘not authentic’
“One striking similarity to our subject work is the brown and red paint often used on van Gogh’s signatures or inscriptions on his oil paintings,” the group wrote. An art enthusiast observes ...
The Art Newspaper18d
Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle
In 1899, Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in love with L’Arlesienne and wanted to buy the portrait of ...
Smithsonian Magazine20d
Why Did Vincent van Gogh Paint 26 Portraits of a Postman and His Family While Staying in the South of France?
It’s “one of the most impressive portrait series in art history,” per a statement from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. “I’ve done the portraits of an entire family, the family of the ...
The Harvard Crimson12d
‘Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits’ Review: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Humanizes A Legend
Yet, the Museum of Fine Art, Boston uses its new exhibition, “Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits,” to prompt visitors to reconsider this legendary artist in a new light. The new exhibition ...
Winthrop Transcript5d
Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits exhibition opens at the MFA – A Chosen Family Affair
The new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is a touching collaboration between the MFA and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. When the two respective curators, Katie Hanson, of William and Ann ...
The New York Times23d
Van Gogh or Faux? Weeding Out Fakes Is Starting to Take a Toll.
Attributing a work to the artist generally requires authentication by the Van Gogh Museum ... including a portrait of himself by his friend Andy Warhol and paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat ...
Edmonton Journal17d
Review: Shadow Theatre's After Mourning - Before Van Gogh a touching portrait
Johanna would carry on her husband’s work after his death, displaying paintings and connecting with anyone in the art world who would take a second look at Van Gogh’s art. She married young ...