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Stolen Van Gogh Back at Dutch Museum After Being Anonymously Returned
	02/08/2024 3:19:36 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 15 replies ARTnews ^ \| February 8, 2024 \| Daniel Cassady The 1884 painting by a young Vincent van Gogh that was stolen during a dramatic late-night smash-and-grab from a Netherlands museum will go on public display in March for the first time since it was taken three years ago, The Guardian reported Wednesday. Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, bearing a deep white scratch from the theft on the bottom of the canvas, was shown at a press conference at the Groninger Museum this week. The picture was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands on March 30, 2020, just as the Covid-19 pandemic prompted stores, galleries, and...

Stolen Van Gogh Painting Recovered in Ikea Bag by Groninger Museum
	09/12/2023 2:08:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 12 replies ARTnews ^ \| September 12, 2023 \| Karen K. Ho Ikea bags transport a lot of things because of their large size, durability, and relatively low cost to consumers. But recently, the signature item from the Danish furniture and home goods retailer held a stolen painting by Vincent van Gogh, The Parsonage garden at Nuenen in Spring. Three and a half years ago, the work was stolen from the Singer Laren museum in a smash-and-grab robbery while the institution was closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The 1884 painting had been on loan to the Singer Laren from the Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande in the Netherlands. Video security...

Today is the 170th Birthday of Dutch Artist, Vincent Van Gogh - Do You Have a Favorite Painting of His?
	03/30/2023 8:07:37 AM PDT · by shadowlands1960 · 65 replies Twitter ^ \| March 30th, 2023 \| Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh Museum @vangoghmuseum 🎈 Hurray! Today is the birthday of Vincent. He was born 170 years ago, in 1853. In honor of his birthday, we call on all creatives to make flowers for Vincent in any way, shape or form.

Judge tells Detroit museum: Don’t move van Gogh painting
	01/11/2023 2:28:05 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 19 replies KTLA ^ \| 01/11/2023 \| Ed White A judge on Wednesday ordered a Detroit museum to hold onto an 1888 painting by Vincent van Gogh in response to a lawsuit by its owner, who claims it has been missing for nearly six years. The painting, titled “The Novel Reader” or “The Reading Lady,” is part of a rare van Gogh exhibit, which ends Jan. 22 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Brokerarte Capital Partners LLC and its sole proprietor, Gustavo Soter of Brazil, acquired the painting in 2017 for $3.7 million, but a “third party” took possession of the art, according to the lawsuit. “Plaintiff has not...

On this day in history, Dec. 23, 1888, Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh cuts off his ear
	12/23/2022 4:51:40 AM PST · by Magnatron · 24 replies Fox News ^ \| 23 December 2022 \| Kerry J. Byrne Vincent van Gogh, the brilliant but troubled Dutch impressionist painter, severed his left ear after a "blazing row" with fellow artist Paul Gaugin in Arles, France, on this day in history, Dec. 23, 1888.The 35-year-old artist famously presented the bloody ear lobe to a female acquaintance outside a brothel. She passed out from shock.The incident underscored a tragic descent into madness punctuated by stunning displays of productivity and genius in van Gogh's final months on Earth."Although he sold only one painting during his lifetime, Van Gogh is now one of the most popular artists of all time," the Art Story...

The Heirs of a Jewish Banker are Taking a Japanese Company to Court over an Allegedly Nazi-Looted Van Gogh
	12/19/2022 3:32:27 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 10 replies Art News ^ \| The Heirs of a Jewish Banker are Taking a Japanese Company to Court over an Allegedly Nazi-Looted Va \| The Heirs of a Jewish Banker are Taking a Japanese Company to Court over an Allegedly Nazi-Looted Va The legal heirs of a German Jewish banker who was forced to sell his art collection to avoid persecution by the Nazis are suing a Japanese holding company to reclaim ownership of a painting by Vincent van Gogh. Three heirs of Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, based in New York and Germany, filed a lawsuit on December 13 in an Illinois district court against Sompo Holdings, an insurance company based in Japan, to dispute its legal title to the painting Sunflowers (1888). The claim states that Mendelssohn-Bartholdy was a “casualty” of Nazi-era policies and economic sanctions that forced him to sell his...

Climate protesters throw tomato soup on Van Gogh painting
	10/14/2022 6:44:28 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 90 replies Arutz Sheva ^ Climate protesters defaced a Van Gogh painting of sunflowers at London’s National Gallery by throwing cans of tomato soup at it, BBC News reported. Video footage of the Friday incident showed two activists in “Just Stop Oil” T-shirts opening cans of what appeared to be tomato soup. They poured the contents onto the priceless painting and then glued their hands to the wall. According to the gallery, the painting was under glass and not damaged. "At just after 11am this morning two people entered Room 43 of the National Gallery,” the museum said in a statement. "The pair appeared to...

Oil protesters throw soup on Van Gogh's Sunflowers painting
	10/14/2022 6:35:23 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 92 replies bbc ^ \| 10-14-22 \| Ian Youngs Climate activists have thrown tins of what appears to be tomato soup over a Van Gogh painting of sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Footage showed two people in Just Stop Oil T-shirts opening tins and throwing the contents on the masterpiece before gluing their hands to the wall. The Metropolitan Police said two people had been arrested. The gallery said the painting was covered by glass and therefore not damaged. A statement from the Trafalgar Square venue said: "At just after 11am this morning two people entered Room 43 of the National Gallery. "The pair appeared to glue...

A Hidden Self-Portrait Has Been Discovered Beneath Van Gogh Painting
	07/15/2022 10:10:09 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 40 replies ARTnews ^ \| July 14, 2022 \| Francesca Eaton X-rays conducted on a Vincent van Gogh painting have revealed a previously unknown self-portrait hidden on the back, according to a BBC report Wednesday. The discovery was made when experts at the National Galleries of Scotland scanned the work ahead of an upcoming exhibition. On the back of the early work Head of a Peasant Woman (1884), conservators noticed the profile of a bearded man wearing a brimmed hat and a neckerchief beneath the layers of glue and cardboard. Even though only the left side of his face is visible, the sitter maintains an intense, inescapable gaze. The discovery came...

Just Stop Oil freaks have glued themselves to a Vincent Van Gogh painting in London
	07/01/2022 2:58:05 AM PDT · by RandFan · 53 replies twitter ^ \| June 30 \| TalkTV Just Stop Oil protesters have glued themselves to a Vincent Van Gogh painting at London's Courtauld Gallery. More follows... Clip...

Smelly Democrats glue themselves to Van Gogh painting…
	06/30/2022 12:07:31 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 65 replies https://citizenfreepress.com ^ \| Posted by Kane on June 30, 2022 1:31 pm They should have cut off an ear Huge win on climate change from Supreme Court… https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/hu

Monet and Picasso Paintings Could Fetch £35 Million (+ van Gogh, Magritte)
	02/14/2022 11:38:22 AM PST · by nickcarraway · 29 replies Barrons ^ \| Feb. 8, 2022 \| Ayse Kelce Sotheby's is announcing Tuesday three more major paintings to be offered at its March sales in London, including paintings from Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh. Leading the three is one of Monet’s 250 waterlilies, which was painted between 1914 and 1917, with an estimate of between £15 million and £20 million (US$20.3 million and US$27 million), according to a news release The work has not been exhibited since 1995, when it was displayed across three museums in Japan. It was last auctioned in 1978 at Christie’s in New York with an undisclosed selling price, which was probably...

A Suspect Has Been Linked to Van Gogh and Frans Hals Thefts with DNA Evidence
	09/27/2021 5:23:35 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 9 replies Observer ^ \| 09/22/21 \| Helen Holmes In April of this year, Dutch police apprehended a 58 year old man on suspicion of having carried out several prominent art thefts in the Netherlands within the previous year. Specifically, the man was accused of having stolen The Parsonage Garden by Vincent van Gogh and Two Laughing Boys by Frans Hals; the latter painting has been stolen a total of three times over the course of the last couple of decades. Now, the New York Times is reporting that crucial DNA evidence was utilized in order to pin down the thief in question, whose name is Nils M. (last...

Rare Van Gogh masterpiece titled ‘Street Scene in Montmartre’ sells for $15.4 million in Paris
	03/25/2021 1:47:48 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 37 replies ktla ^ <p>The sale of “Street Scene in Montmartre” was highly anticipated as it was one of the few paintings by the Dutch Impressionist master to still have been in private hands. The auction house had expected it to sell for between 5 million euros and 8 million euros.</p>

1945: Theo van Gogh, famous name
	03/08/2021 7:53:08 AM PST · by CheshireTheCat · 5 replies ExecutedToday.com ^ \| March 8, 2020 \| Headsman Theo van Gogh, a Dutch resistance fighter of portentous lineage, was executed by the German occupation on this date in 1945. This man was the grandson of the famous Theo van Gogh, art dealer and brother to troubled, brilliant painter Vincent van Gogh. Our Theo was a 23-year-old university student in Amsterdam pulled into anti-Nazi resistance by the imposition of a hated loyalty oath on university personnel and was arrested several times, repeatedly tolling his father for bribes to extract him.... Besides his name-brand ancestry, Theo the World War II resistance figure is also the uncle (quite posthumously — this...

Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum during coronavirus closure
	03/30/2020 9:10:16 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 33 replies France24 ^ \| March 30, 2020 Thieves stole a painting by Vincent van Gogh overnight from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands, its director said on Monday. The gallery, in the town of Laren to the east of Amsterdam, is currently shut to the public due to the coronavirus epidemic. The painting "Lentetuin", or "Spring Garden," which depicts the garden of the rectory at Neunen and dates to 1884, had been on loan from the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands. "I am shocked and absolutely livid that this has happened," Jan Rudolph de Lorm, director of the Singer Laren Museum, said in a video statement...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Vincent van Gogh
	11/03/2019 7:48:52 AM PST · by GOP Congress · 2 replies Self-Published \| 11/3/2019 \| Self-Published Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Vincent van Gogh. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Vincent van Gogh is considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Although a troubled man, he lived in relative poverty and obscurity, his paintings actually derided by the community in Provence in which he lived. While Vincent and Donald Trump are two very different individuals, the degree in which both carried out their brand of art will be remembered throughout the centuries to follow. All hints, along with the answer, are provided...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle by Theo Van Gogh
	08/05/2019 8:10:06 AM PDT · by GOP Congress · 1 reply Self-Published \| 8/5/2019 \| Self-Published Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Theo Van Gogh. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Theo Van Gogh, a great-great-nephew of Vincent Van Gogh, was an influential media figure in the Netherlands, working in all aspects of movie and TV production, and was an outspoken nationalist. He was assassinated by a Muslim for infidel beliefs in 2004. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent...

Revolver likely used by Van Gogh sold at Paris auction
	06/19/2019 10:45:30 PM PDT · by ETL · 20 replies FoxNews.com/science ^ \| June 19, 2019 PARIS (AP) — A revolver believed used by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh to kill himself has sold for about $146,000 at an auction in Paris. An individual buyer whose name was not released bought the 7mm pocket revolver for 130,000 euros plus taxes on Wednesday. The weapon was discovered in the 1960s in fields in the northern French village of Auvers-sur-Oise. Van Gogh is widely believed to have shot himself in the chest there in 1890. The family of former owners of the inn where the painter died two days later decided to sell the revolver after it was...

Did Van Gogh Shoot Himself? Auction of [purported] Pistol Reignites Debate.
	06/19/2019 10:21:49 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 28 replies Live Science\| ^ \| June 17, 2019 \| Tom Metcalfe, The gun will be auctioned in France on Wednesday (June 19), where it's expected to sell for more than $50,000. For years, most Van Gogh experts have accepted the explanation that he shot himself in the chest with a pistol in a suicide in July 1890 Van Gogh lived on for 30 hours before dying from the wound. His last words, according to his brother Theo, were "the sadness will last forever." But in 2011, biographers Gregory White Smith and Steven Naifeh argued that Van Gogh didn't shoot himself, but was shot accidentally by 16-year-old René Secrétan, who was spending...

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