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NEWS ABOUT: Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh stories: 8 news summaries

 It Was 
 Gauguin 
 Who Cut Off 
 van Gogh's Ear 

Historians say Dutch painter loss his ear in a fight

May 5, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vincent van Gogh's fame derives not only from his paintings, but from the legendary story that he sliced off his own ear and presented it to a prostitute. But two art historians now say that the Dutch painter didn't mutilate himself. After a decade of research, they argue that Paul... More »

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 X-Ray Unveils Hidden Van Gogh 

Portrait of peasant found behind 1887 painting

Jul 30, 08 7:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - European scientists today revealed a Van Gogh portrait of a peasant's head behind one of his paintings, LiveScience reports. Using a new X-ray technique, the researchers pulled out the portrait's brown and red pigments, which Van Gogh covered with Patch of Grass, 1887. The scientists, primarily from Belgium and the... More »

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 Greek Claims 'Last' Van Gogh 

Work said to be 'liberated' from Nazis billed as third portrait of Dr. Gachet

May 19, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A painting under examination in Greece is being billed as the last work of Vincent van Gogh, the Guardian reports. Seized by the Nazis from French Jews, then "liberated" by Greek resistance fighters in 1944, the work appears to be a third portrait of van Gogh’s physician, Dr.... More »

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art • Greece • Nazi • World War II • Vincent Van Gogh • Athens • Fine art market • portrait

Stolen Art Found in Parking Lot

4 paintings snatched from Swiss museum recovered

Feb 19, 08 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The four 19th-century paintings stolen from a Swiss museum have reportedly been found in an unlocked car parked outside a Zurich psychiatric hospital. Although police have not yet confirmed the find, Swiss media are reporting that the $168 million worth of loot—one work each by Cézanne, Degas, Monet,... More »

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art • Switzerland • painting • Zurich • Vincent Van Gogh • Monet • Cézanne • Degas • art heist • Emile Bührle Foundation

$160M in Art Stolen in Zurich

 'Spectacular' heist nets 4 masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, and Cezanne

Feb 11, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A gang of armed art thieves absconded with four masterpieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, and Cezanne worth $160 million from a Zurich museum yesterday. The brazen daytime robbery follows a theft of two Picassos in Switzerland just two days earlier. The three masked thieves confronted a guard with guns,... More »

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art • theft • painting • Vincent Van Gogh • Monet • Cezanne • Degas • art heist

Experts Check Out Supposed
Van Gogh Sketchbook

'Van Gogh's soul' found in storage in Greece

Jan 16, 08 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Experts will take a look at a sketchbook said to be Vincent van Gogh's, Reuters reports, to determine its authenticity. The book was found by Greek writer Doreta Peppa, who said it was taken from a Nazi train by her father, a resistance fighter. The book contains several sketches that... More »

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art • painting • Vincent Van Gogh

Contemporary Art Scores for Auction Houses

Sales swelled 36% in 2007; some fear houses too invested in the new

Dec 27, 07 11:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Contemporary art has been very good to Sotheby’s, fueling a 46% boost in sales for the world’s second-largest auctioneer this year over last, Bloomberg says. A crop of new collectors from the US, Russia and Asia brought new records for artists like Francis Bacon and Jeff Koons, for... More »

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contemporary art • London • art • subprime mortgages • Sotheby's • Christie's • Francis Bacon • Vincent Van Gogh • art auction • Jeff Koons • impressionist art

New Van Gogh Surfaces

Work created during stay at asylum

Aug 3, 07 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A previously undiscovered Van Gogh has been found hiding in plain sight—beneath another painting. Conservators at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts X-rayed The Ravine, revealing another painting created several months earlier, the MFA and the Van Gogh Museum said today. A pen-and-ink drawing of the concealed painting, Wild Vegetation,... More »

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Boston • art • painting • Amsterdam • Vincent Van Gogh • Museum of Fine Arts • Van Gogh Museum • Wild Vegetation • asylum

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