Van Gogh Drawing Stolen

Please see my "In the News" section for details.

Updates!

Shameful that I haven't posted on this blog in more than a year. I'm going to try and be much more diligent about making new entries.

Having said that, today’s posting isn’t the most exciting. There are two changes that I’ve just made:

1. Still Life with an Earthen Bowl and Potatoes (F 118) is no longer dated to Nuenen in 1885, but rather to Paris around 1886. This change comes as a result of research undertaken by the Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam. They determined that the pot seen in this painting is actually a pot that would be found specifically in Paris and not Nuenen.

2. Still Life with Scabiosa and Ranunculus (F 666) is no longer part of the collection of the Takahata Gallery in Osaka. Rather it’s now in a private collection. No further details unfortunately.

Exhibitions!

I aplogize for not posting in so long. And just a brief one today. Lots of Van Gogh travels and sights for me this year. A trip to Amsterdam in April which is always wonderful. And then a three day getaway to Ottawa in May to see the "Van Gogh: Up Close" exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. Highly recommended. And the crowds are well managed so you can see these beautiful works without peering over ten rows of people. Coming up: the "Becoming Van Gogh" exhibition in Denver with 68 Van Gogh works on display--many not seen in public in decades. Definitely worth a trip to the "Mile High" city. See my website's Exhibitions section for a complete list of the works in the Ottawa and Denver exhibitions.

"New" Van Gogh painting

It's been all over the news, but just in case . . . a Van Gogh painting previously rejected as genuine has been declared authentic. See my In the News section for details.

Philadelphia

The "Van Gogh: Up Close" exhibition in Philadelphia has opened and it's received great reviews. Check out the full list of Van Gogh works on display.

That strange, wild man . . . . .

Yesterday I watched once again the 2010 Doctor Who episode "Vincent and the Doctor." The more I see the episode, the more I'm starting to like it. The story has its flaws certainly, but there are moments that are extremely moving. For example, when the Doctor takes a despairing Vincent to a Van Gogh exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay in 2010, Vincent discreetly listens while the curator gives his opinion about the artist:

"To me, Van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Certainly the most popular, great painter of all time--the most beloved. His command of colour, the most magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world . . . . no one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again. To my mind, that strange, wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world’s greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived."

Updates

Hello, all! Just a brief note to mention a few small updates I've made today. Nearly two years ago the Rhode Island School of Design took a disputed painting in their collection to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for authentication. After a careful analysis it was determined that their painting was a genuine Van Gogh. I was pleased to officially add it once again to the site. You'll find it at View of Auvers with Church.

Also, I received a nice story from someone in the Netherlands titled "Van Gogh in the Attic." It's about Van Gogh paintings being stored in the attic in Holland in the years before Van Gogh's works became famous. An English and Dutch version of the story are available in the Archives section.

More updates soon!