Wouter van der Veen, scientific director of the Institut van Gogh, noticed a striking resemblance between van Gogh’s “Tree Roots” (1890) and a postcard from Auvers-sur-Oise, where the painter took his ...
Stuck at home during lockdown, Dutch researcher Wouter van der Veen finally found time to look through old postcards of the French village where Vincent Van Gogh died and made a remarkable discovery.
Vincent Van Gogh passed away on July 29, 1890. But 130 years after his death there’s a new reason—and a new spot—to celebrate the famed artist’s career. An old postcard has led to the discovery of the ...