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  • Paul Gauguin's tribute to Vincent Van Gogh expected to fetch £10m

    01/30/2011 4:36:10 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 44 replies · 1+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | Jan 2011
    A still life of sunflowers by Paul Gauguin, painted in tribute to his friend Vincent Van Gogh, is expected to fetch up to £10 million at auction. Gauguin painted the work, Nature morte à L'Espérance, in 1901 while he was living in Tahiti. It is the highlight of an Impressionist and Modern Art sale at Christie's in London on February 9. The depiction of sunflowers was a fitting tribute to Van Gogh and a reference to the months in 1888 when the two artists shared a home, a period that ended in tragedy. The pair lived together in Arles, France,...
  • Dutch welcome Germans to Europe's immigration debate - Feature ( Geert Wilders mentioned )

    10/21/2010 5:52:40 PM PDT · by george76 · 5 replies · 1+ views
    The Earth Times ^ | 20 Oct 2010 | Thomas Burmeister
    Angela Merkel does not make the covers of Dutch newspapers very often. But the German chancellor's assertion last week that "multiculturalism has absolutely failed" in her country was headline news in the Netherlands. As far as the Dutch are concerned, the Germans - whom they consider to sometimes be politically behind the times - have finally woken up. The Netherlands' dream of a happy, harmonious multicultural society burst on a grey autumn morning six years ago in Amsterdam. On November 2, 2004, an Islamic extremist gunned down Dutch filmmaker and Islam critic Theo van Gogh in the street, then slit...
  • Egyptian Minister Says Van Gogh Picture Still Missing ($50 Mln 'Poppies' Stole in Cairo)

    08/21/2010 9:31:57 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 15 replies
    BBC ^ | 21 August, 2010
    A Van Gogh painting worth $50 million stolen from a Cairo museum is still missing, Egypt's culture minister says. Earlier Farouk Hosni had said two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport, and the small canvas found. But later he said he had been given "inaccurate" information, and the painting was still missing. The painting - known as both Poppy Flowers and Vase And Flowers - was "cut from its frame" at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum on Saturday, Mr Hosni said. Two Italians had been arrested at Cairo airport later in the day, after earlier visiting the museum. The state...
  • Vincent Van Gogh Painting Authenticated by Art Experts

    02/26/2010 2:17:41 PM PST · by JoeProBono · 41 replies · 1,046+ views
    discovery ^ | Arthur Max
    Dirk Hannema, a discredited art curator, has the last laugh after a work by Vincent Van Gogh is discovered in his collection. Dirk Hannema was known as a brilliant art curator but a bit of a fool. He claimed he had seven Vermeers in his collection, several Van Goghs and a few Rembrandts, but no one believed him. Now 25 years after his death it turned out he was right -- about one work by Vincent van Gogh. The painting, "Le Blute-Fin Mill," goes on public display Wednesday in the small Museum de Fundatie in the central Dutch town of...
  • Van Gogh painting is proved genuine - 25 years after art world mocked collector

    02/25/2010 12:56:03 PM PST · by C19fan · 24 replies · 838+ views
    Daily Mail ^ | February 25, 2010 | Staff
    A newly authenticated Van Gogh has gone on display 35 years after a discredited art collector bought it in Paris, convinced it was painted by the famed Dutch master but never able to prove it. Le Blute-Fin Mill was painted in 1886, according to Louis Van Tilborgh, curator of research at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. It was bought in 1975 by Dirk Hannema, who was known as a brilliant museum curator but a fool when buying for his own collection. When he died in 1984 he claimed to have seven Vermeers, several Van Goghs and a few Rembrandts.
  • Found: The Clue To Van Gogh’s Ear

    Found: The Clue To Van Gogh’s Ear Richard Brooks [Pic in URL] Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear, 1889 by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) The mystery behind the most famous mutilation in art history may finally have been solved. A scholar has found evidence that a distraught Vincent van Gogh slashed his ear after learning that his brother, Theo, on whom he depended financially and emotionally, was about to get married. Martin Bailey, who has written a book on van Gogh and curated two exhibitions of his work, devised his theory after meticulous detective work on a letter in a painting...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day

    10/11/2009 5:33:15 AM PDT · by sig226 · 27 replies · 1,169+ views
    NASA ^ | 10/11/09
    Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh Credit: Vincent van Gogh; Digital image courtesy of Wikipedia Explanation: The painting Starry Night is one of the most famous icons of the night sky ever created. The scene was painted by Vincent van Gogh in southern France in 1889. The swirling style of Starry Night appears, to many, to make the night sky come alive. Although van Gogh frequently portrayed real settings in his paintings, art historians do not agree on precisely what stars and planets are being depicted in Starry Night. The style of Starry Night is post-impressionism, a popular painting...
  • Vincent Van Gogh's letters

    10/07/2009 5:22:38 PM PDT · by Dysart · 17 replies · 601+ views
    Telegraph ^ | 10-06-09
    902 surviving letters by Vincent van Gogh are to be published for the first time this week. Mostly written to the artist's brother Theo, the letters offer personal insights which give lie to the idea that van Gogh was a "reckless and unreflective genius". * ABOVE: letter by Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, Arles, c. 21 November 1888 Translated extract from the letter: "What you write about the Dutchmen interests me greatly. I hope one day to get to know both of them personally. How old are they? I dare to believe that in the final reckoning they’ll...
  • Vincent VanGoh (Starry Starry Night) by Don McLean(video)

    Van Gogh's artistic legacy is contained within his paintings, drawings and writings. They are everlasting and will never "forget" the style that created them. They are Van Gogh's eyes that watch the world. This is all metaphorically speaking though.
  • Nine Convicted in Dutch Terrorism Case ["promoting a violent version of Islam = terrorism"]

    03/12/2006 6:50:59 PM PST · by Boot Hill · 25 replies · 788+ views
    AP ^ | March 10, 2006 | Toby Sterling
    Nine Convicted in Dutch Terrorism CaseBy TOBY STERLING Associated Press Writer © 2006 The Associated Press AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Dutch judges convicted nine men Friday of belonging to a terrorist group, a landmark verdict that concludes promoting a violent version of Islam can itself be an act of terrorism.The case opens a new way for prosecutors to stop potential terrorists and for the Netherlands to tackle the broader problem of the spread of radicalism among Muslim youth.Lawyers for the men said they will appeal.Two men received 15- and 13-year prison terms for attempted murder after a clash with police during...
  • Attorney: Yale turned blind eye when acquiring Van Gogh painting

    06/04/2009 6:22:14 PM PDT · by george76 · 8 replies · 592+ views
    New Haven Register ^ | June 4, 2009
    Yale University's acquisition of a Vincent Van Gogh painting that Russia once claimed as its own amounted to acceptance of stolen property and "art laundering," a descendant of an earlier owner alleges. Pierre Konowaloff of France argues in recent court papers that Russian authorities in the 1917 revolution unlawfully confiscated the painting owned by Konowaloff's ancestor and that the United States deemed the theft a violation of international law. "Yale's continued and wrongful detention of the unlawfully confiscated 'The Night Cafe' is prohibited by customary and international treaty law," Konowaloff's attorneys wrote in the filings. "Yale should be held accountable...
  • Art Historians Claim Van Gogh's Ear 'Cut off By Gauguin'

    05/05/2009 5:16:51 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 7 replies · 491+ views
    The Guardian ^ | Monday 4 May 2009 | Angelique Chrisafis
    Vincent van Gogh's fame may owe as much to a legendary act of self-harm, as it does to his self-portraits. But, 119 years after his death, the tortured post-Impressionist's bloody ear is at the centre of a new controversy, after two historians suggested that the painter did not hack off his own lobe but was attacked by his friend, the French artist Paul Gauguin. According to official versions, the disturbed Dutch painter cut off his ear with a razor after a row with Gauguin in 1888. Bleeding heavily, Van Gogh then walked to a brothel and presented the severed ear...
  • Who Cut Off Van Gogh's Ear?

    05/05/2009 5:37:22 AM PDT · by Aquinasfan · 34 replies · 977+ views
    AOL ^ | 5/5/09 | aol
    ...'Van Gogh's Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence' contends Van Gogh and Gauguin got into an argument over a prostitute named Rachel outside the brothel where she worked. Gauguin, an excellent fencer, drew his sword and cut off Van Gogh's left ear. "The left ear fell. We cannot say if it was deliberate or an accident. In this situation, the protagonists vowed to keep silent. Then Gauguin disappeared, abandoning his friend," Kaufmann said, according to the Daily Mall. Gauguin, according to the book, dumped the sword in the nearby Rhone River. Van Gogh handed the severed ear to...
  • Dutch Court:Prosecute Wilders

    01/21/2009 7:19:45 AM PST · by Islaminaction · 10 replies · 510+ views
    Islam in Action ^ | Jan. 21St 2009 | Christopher Logan
    Back in April of 2008 a district court in The Hague ruled that anti-Islamic European politician Geert Wilders did not break the law by comparing Islam with Fascism and calling the Koran the Islamic version of Hitler's Mein Kampf.
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali advocates social reform in Muslim countries ( seventh anniversary of 9/11 )

    09/10/2008 11:24:17 AM PDT · by george76 · 6 replies · 126+ views
    Vail Daily ^ | September 10, 2008 | Charlie Owen
    Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s entire life has been a battle of opposing beliefs. She was raised in a strict Islamic household where at a young age she was tormented by the religion’s abusive teachings towards women and violence towards non-believers. As she grew up, she was tempted by the allure of Western cultures, but had been taught to hate Americans and their alliances with the Jews. one... decision she knew she had to make: To denounce her faith in Islam; a religion she now viewed as completely cruel and intolerant, or side with the same religion the hijackers of 9/11 claimed...
  • Islamofascism in the Netherlands

    05/29/2008 8:21:45 AM PDT · by Righting · 13 replies · 46+ views
    WashingtonTimes ^ | May 21, 2008
    Dutch police raided the home of Gregorius Nekschot (a pseudonym meaning "Gregory Deathblow"). Mr. Nekschot makes rude and often sexually explicit cartoons that poke fun at the multicultural society and at religious people, especially Muslims. The police confiscated his computer and a number of drawings. The cartoonist was also arrested and jailed for 36 hours but has been released until his court case is due. "Gregory Deathblow" — the first name refers to Pope Gregory IX who established Papal Inquisition — hides behind an alias.. made drawings for Mr. van Gogh's Web site until it ceased publication in 2004, after...
  • Dutch Islam film 'nearly ready'

    02/28/2008 4:50:35 PM PST · by WesternCulture · 25 replies · 154+ views
    http://news.bbc.co.uk ^ | 02282008 | http://news.bbc.co.uk
    Dutch Islam film 'nearly ready' Far-right Dutch MP Geert Wilders has said that this week he will finish a film about Islam which has already triggered Muslim outrage. Mr Wilders said he was determined to release the film despite government warnings that this would damage Dutch political and economic interests. Mr Wilders says the film is about the Koran, without giving details. In the past, he has called for the Koran to be banned and likened it to Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf.
  • Film could spark new wave of Muslim riots (in the Netherlands)

    01/21/2008 7:57:07 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 34 replies · 176+ views
    WorldnetDaily ^ | January 20,2008
    Officials in the Netherlands, where tensions have been high since a Muslim murdered a filmmaker more than three years ago, are bracing for the release of a new movie by a controversial politician that aims to show Islam's holy book "is an inspiration for intolerance, murder and terror." In 2004, filmmaker Theo Van Gogh was murdered by a Muslim avenging his film critical of Islam. Two years later, riots protesting the publication of cartoons about Islam's prophet Muhammad left about 100 people dead. Now, the Dutch government is warning of a 10-minute film to be released this month by parliament...
  • Sketchbook Belonging to Van Gogh Found in Athens

    12/31/2007 5:14:43 PM PST · by RDTF · 10 replies · 15,044+ views
    Breitbart via BBC ^ | Dec 31, 2007 | Not specified
    "It's an inheritance from my father."
  • US top court lets Liz Taylor keep disputed Van Gogh

    10/31/2007 5:27:21 PM PDT · by SJackson · 89 replies · 256+ views
    AFP ^ | 10-31-07
    WASHINGTON (AFP) — The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against actress Elizabeth Taylor for owning a Van Gogh painting that a Jewish woman lost before fleeing Nazi Germany to South Africa in 1939. The lawsuit was filed by the Canadian and South African descendants of the original owner, Margarete Mauthner. Taylor, 75, purchased Vincent Van Gogh's 1889 painting "View of the Asylum and Chapel at Saint-Remy" at a London auction in 1963 for 257,600 dollars. The painting is currently estimated at between 10 and 15 million dollars. The suit alleged Taylor must have known when she bought...