Van Gogh’s 1889 Self-Portrait Confirmed To Be Genuine

This is Van Gogh’s Self-Portrait. In 1910, the painting was bought as a genuine by Norway’s National Museum. Doubts on the authenticity of the masterpiece, however, began to surface in 1970. Now, after decades of uncertainty, experts confirm the painting to be genuine. They also state that the painting was “made during psychosis.”

Listen beautiful relax classics on our Youtube channel.

Following a nervous breakdown, Van Gogh was sent to the Saint-Remy mental asylum to recover. There, he made his self-portrait, which was finished in the summer of 1889.

The work is the only known painting Van Gogh made while he had psychosis. The image is dominated by a dreary greenish-brown tone, and shows the artist with a lifeless expression.

It can be linked to a letter that the artist wrote to his brother Theo in September, about a self-portrait “attempt from when I was ill”.

“It feels really reassuring to know that it’s genuine,” said Mai Britt Guleng of the Norwegian museum.

“When we delivered the painting in 2014 they warned us and said ‘you might not like the results’ and it might be that we will never find out. So we were very happy when we got the news.”

More details about this over at Independent.

(Image Credit: AP/ Independent)

Source: neatorama

Rating Van Gogh’s 1889 Self-Portrait Confirmed To Be Genuine is 5.0 / 5 Votes: 2
Please wait...
Loading...