Impressionist's 1890 painting "Tree Roots" has been the subject of five years of legal battles between homeowners and a ...

French mayor loses bid to snatch scene of Van Gogh painting from villagers’ back garden - Artist painted ‘Tree Roots’ in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise hours before his death ...

A couple has been fighting their local council's efforts to seize the lower edge of their garden - believed to ... a 37-year-old Vincent Van Gogh set up his easel beside a tangled slope of roots ...