Word: goghs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weeks, Dutch art lovers have been quietly celebrating the 100th anniversary of Vincent van Gogh without causing much of a stir in the world's art circles. But last week one of the big exhibitions produced the kind of unexpected treasure-trove that always sets the experts to buzzing...
...discovery came in Amsterdam, where nine wise-eyes were examining a display of 19th century paintings once owned by Van Gogh's younger brother, Theo. Among them were 15 works by "unknown" artists, and one of them in particular caught the scholars' attention. A small (16 in. by 12 in.) portrait of a frock-coated man, it had never been shown before, and was strangely reminiscent of Van Gogh's Portrait of an Actor, painted in 1888. The subject seemed to be the same man, and was painted in somewhat the same manner, with heavy contours outlining...
...Gogh's sitter in this portrait is a kindly Breton named Père Tanguy, who kept a small art-supply shop in Paris where the avant-garde foregathered. Van Gogh posed him with the head-on simplicity of a snapshot and surrounded him with the airy colors of Japanese prints. The background makes a sprightly contrast with the solid little sitter and the potato tones of his folded hands. Says British Art Expert Helmut Ruhemann: Van Gogh is one of the two or three artists of all time who has taken the trouble of inventing a new color...
...Vincent Van Gogh...
...Schoeller ruled a Corot, a Monet and a Renoir all frauds. A wealthy woman had brought him her latest purchase: 2,000,000 francs' worth of "genuine old masters," likewise all frauds. And he reported to a group of heirs, who supposed they had a fortune in Van Goghs and Cézannes: "Not a single genuine Cézanne or Van Gogh in the lot." But he was able to offer a consolation: he ruled them "all good examples of the French school of the 19th century." Thanks to the prestige of André Schoeller, they brought...