How the First Vincent van Gogh Piece Was Acquired in the US: Book Excerpt
Blake Gopnik recounts how the Albert Barnes Foundation started its collection of modern art via an excerpt from his book, ...
New Van Gogh exhibition coming to MFA Boston, a first in 25 years
A series of works by world-renowned Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh will be displayed at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston from the end of March through early September. Focused around on the “Roulin ...
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Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle
Matisse, then a 29-year-old struggling artist, discovered Van Gogh’s work at Ambroise Vollard’s gallery in Paris. He fell in ...
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A Van Gogh drawing—with what is almost certainly the artist's fingerprint—goes to auction at Sotheby's
A funereal cypress, completely black, stands above them and a number of small coloured figures are strolling along a pink path.” Van Gogh also made a second painting of Place Lamartine depicting ...
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, but lawsuits and an influx of ...