MirrorUK:
A lost sketchbook belonging to Vincent van Gogh includes 65 never-before-seen sketches.
The sketchbook – which is set to be published today – contains drawings from his most significant period while he was living in France.
During this time, he was suffering from mental health problems which famously led to the artist cutting off his ear.
However, he also produced some of his most famous paintings in this period.
The discovery was made by retired University of Toronto professor Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov.
She was asked by an art scholar in France to look at an album and was left stunned by the discovery.
Cool find. They’d be fun to see. But probably more $ than I’d want to pay.
I would like to see that. I can’t imagine how much the original sketch book would go for. Heck, that Munch guy that did “the Scream” just had a painting of 3 girls on a bridge sell for $54,000,000.
Should be interesting to see
Most of van Gogh’s painting work was lost, frames used as scrap wood on a sheep farm if I remember correctly. probably would have been 100% if not for his brother
About 30% of J.S. Bach’s work was lost to history as well, original sheet music used as wrapping paper at a butcher shop or scrap
Dang it, no Nazis? I was sure there would be Nazis.
Already debunked as a fake. Sorry, didn’t take too long to find out either.
Check the Van Gogh Museum .NL website. They have a few things to say about the sketch book.
Oh boy dueling experts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/16/arts/design/sketchbook-attributed-to-van-gogh-pits-scholars-against-a-museum.html?_r=0
If the cover of that book shown is an example I say nay. Not his work. Obvious trash fake.
I disagree Pbird. I’m no expert on VanGogh but I have several books on him and and have viewed quite a few paintings in person. The one drawing in the NYT definitely looks like his style.
It certainly can’t be a fake as it’s tested as coming from that time-the book itself is accounted for in an inventory-all it could be is someone drawing 65 drawings in his style circa his life-doesn’t that strike you as contrary to Occam’s Razor?
I’m suspicious of that notebook. Sounds sketchy to me.
MM, there is a great impetus in both art merchants and art historians to “find” lost works of the greats. As far as they are concerned its a win win. But none of the last several finds look legit to me. In fact did you know that many of the accepted works in all the great museums are fakes. Its the nature of the business.
That cover does not look like his hand. It looks like someone trying to reproduce it.
I am also pretty familiar with his work and have seen it in person.