NETHERLANDS NEW VAN GOGH

2010-03-11T08:32:26Z

This image released by Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, March 11, 2010, shows a painting entitled "The Bedroom", by Vincent van Gogh. One of van Gogh's most famous paintings, "The Bedroom," has been taken away for restoration, but art lovers don't ha...

Blog follows restoration of Van Gogh artwork

2010-03-11T12:15:57Z

<div><p>A new blog will allow art lovers to follow the restoration, step by step, of Dutch post impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh's famous "The Bedroom", the Van Gogh Museum said Thursday.</p><p>"It is the first time we have rendered each step of a restoration accessible to the public in this way," the museum's director

Van Gogh work 'The Bedroom' undergoes restoration

2010-03-11T08:17:39Z

<div id="subtitle">Famous Van Gogh work 'The Bedroom' undergoing restoration before museum blog's cameras</div><div><p>One of Vincent van Gogh's most famous paintings, "The Bedroom," has been taken away for restoration, but art lovers don't have to miss it. They can follow the cleanup on a blog, the Van Gogh Museum said Thursday.</p><p>...

New Van Gogh painting authenticated

2010-02-24T10:17:08Z

<div><p>A 19th century painting of a Paris mill has been confirmed as the work of Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh, 35 years after its owner first made the claim, a museum in the Netherlands said Wednesday.</p><p>The painting was authenticated by the Vincent van Gog...

Experts authenticate Van Gogh windmill painting

2010-02-24T08:00:40Z

<div><p>AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A painting of a windmill newly attributed to the Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh went on display on Wednesday after spending decades in the depot of a Dutch provincial museum.</p><p>After experts at Amsterdam's

The Royal Academy Launches Its Exhibition The Real Van Gogh

2010-01-19T06:31:15Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 19: An art critic is filmed as he discusses an oil painting by acclaimed Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh in an exhibition of his work held at the Royal Academy of Arts on January 19, 2010 in London, England. The e...

The Royal Academy Launch Its Exhibition The Real Van Gogh

2010-01-19T05:31:03Z

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 19: A woman admires an oil painting by acclaimed Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh entitled "Van Gogh's Chair" in an exhibition of his work held at the Royal Academy of Arts on January 19, 2010 in London, England. T...

Add Class To Your Living Room With Van Gogh Paintings

2010-02-24T00:51:35Z

Author: Terro White

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch painter belonging to the postimpressionist school of thought. He was known for his innovative technique, vibrant hues of color and the introduction of swirling and harmonious patterns within still life paintings.

The modern impressionist movement of France had a profound impact on the aesthetic sensibilities of ...

Van Gogh was also a wordsmith, his letters reveal

2010-02-24T21:20:15Z

<div><p>Renowned Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh was also a literary giant, say researchers who have scrutinised his vast body of correspondence -- the topic of a new exhibition opening in Amsterdam on Friday.</p><p>"Van Gogh was a hero of modern art, and has also left behind a monument of literature,"

NETHERLANDS VAN GOGH

2009-10-08T05:45:31Z

A letter from Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo illustrated with sketches of orchards and a Small Pear Tree in Blossom, are seen on display at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009. The painting in the rear right is Small Pear Tree in Blossom, the letter was dated Arles, April 13, 1...

Van Gogh's letters show method, not madness

2010-02-24T21:24:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Exhibition of Van Gogh's letters shows careful craftsman, not troubled genius</div><div><p>While Vincent van Gogh has become almost as famed for his troubled mind as for his paintings, a new exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum seeks to remind us there was more method than madness to his style.&lt...

Letters of Van Gogh reveal the rational artist

2010-02-24T22:39:35Z

<div><p>AMSTERDAM (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of Vincent van Gogh's letters have been combined with the art he discussed in his correspondence in a new publication that paints the clearest picture yet of the thoughts behind the Dutch artist's work.</p><p>A product ...

'The Shoes' by van Gogh

2009-09-16T14:36:11Z

epa01863141 Vincent van Gogh's painting 'The Shoes' is the only painting on display at the Wallraff-Richartz-Museum in Cologne, Germany, 16 September 2009. The artist painted the oil painting in Paris in 1886. It not only triggered an ongoing debate of art historians and philosophers about whom the shoes belonged to and if the...

Cash-strapped US art owners hit the pawnshop

2010-02-25T09:11:43Z

<div><p>Famous artists and high-end art collectors are joining a litany of victims from the crippling US recession, pawning some of their most valuable works in exchange for much-needed cash.</p><p>As the stock market plunged, banks tightened their lending standards and home values or equity dropped, that dusty Old Master or that forgotten Russell Hunter as the artist Vincent van Gogh in the one-man play Vincent by Himself during Edinburgh Festival 1986....

Van Gogh landscape show proves art blockbuster

2010-02-25T17:58:41Z

<div><p>BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters Life!) - "In landscapes, Van Gogh found the peace of mind and balance that was missing from his own life."</p><p>Visitors to a stunning exhibition at Basel's Kunstmuseum could be excused a quibble with this assertion from its curators as they eme...

Expressing Oneself With Self Portrait

2010-02-26T05:22:21Z

Self portrait is a form of art used by many artists to for self expression. This can be through different methods of creation. Learn more about self portrait.<br><br>Self portrait is a form of art started by many artists during the early centuries by the Egyptians. This is an artwork of which the artist is the subject of the portrait. The most common with portraits is that the subject is usually directly looking at the audi...

Britain's National Gallery offers its art on the iPhone

2010-02-26T06:34:49Z

<div><p>Fans of fine art will be able to access some of their favourite paintings anywhere they choose through a new iPhone application launched Tuesday by the National Gallery in London.</p><p>About 250 of the gallery's best-loved paintings, including by iPhone application launched Tuesday by the National Gallery in London.</p><p>About 250 of the gallery's best-loved paintings, including by

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