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Van Gogh, Arles, Murder

Author : Maurice Beale
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450202934
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh, Arles, Murder written by Maurice Beale and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with his arrival in Arles in March 1888, a combination of factual and fictitious events relating to Vincent Van Gogh are revealed while the Dutchman goes about creating timeless works of art. A number of drawings and paintings of previously unknown locals are finally afforded names and backgrounds. Prominent amongst these is a portrait of a young girl to whom the artist is especially attracted. When she is found murdered, suspicion falls on Van Gogh. Harassed by both a tireless police inspector and a majority of the citizens of Arles, the painter descends into the madness and despair, culminating in his slicing off part of an ear while remaining sufficiently lucid to identify - and paint - the man he suspects of the crime. Circumstances and characters pertaining to the murder define aspects of Van Gogh's personality, as well as portraying a way of life in nineteenth century France remarkably similar to present day problems in the USA.

The Murder of Vincent Van Gogh

Author : Ka Shott
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578003120
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Murder of Vincent Van Gogh written by Ka Shott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Murder of Vietnamesencent van Gogh There is one incontrovertible fact, Vietnamesencent van Gogh (the famous and infamous 19th century painter) was shot and died. Was Vietnamesencent van Gogh murdered? That question can only be answered with logical supposition: when it is impossible to prove the truth or untruth of a thing then truth matters little. Therefore, what is known as the truth could be a lie and, contrary-wise, what is believed a lie may prove Truth. Let us begin this tale where all good murders begin: a body. Not Vietnamesencent van Gogh's, but a woman's. The Year: 1879. The place: Le Chat Noir...

ArtCurious

Author : Jennifer Dasal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143134590
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book ArtCurious written by Jennifer Dasal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.

The Murder of Vincent Van Gogh

Author : Nick van der Leek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781981076482
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book The Murder of Vincent Van Gogh written by Nick van der Leek and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent van Gogh is the world's most popular and expensive artist, the father of modern art, and yet no one really knows how he died, when, how or where. If he didn't commit suicide, what happened?If Vincent did commit suicide, why would the master of expressionism fail to express himself on his own death? Why would a man whose art, beloved for its effusiveness, remain mum on this most primary of primary motives; why not reveal his motives for snuffing out his own yellow flame?Why would someone who wrote so many letters - 830 that we know of, at a rate of almost a letter a day - fail to write a suicide note on the day of his death? Why would anyone who wanted to escape his painful existence, shoot himself in the stomach, only to endure an agonising 30 hour exit?Why did Vincent cut off his ear, and how much ear did really he cut off? Does the calculus hold, that the bigger the piece of severed ear, the more tortured, the more mad, the artist must be in the eyes of the world?Why was Vincent such a tortured artist? What is the modern medical diagnosis for his particular brand of mental illness?"We want to inflate the various theories into bulging balloons, float them alongside one another and then reach for the true crime needle. The process of popping the unlikelier versions dogging Vincent's story, fundamental as it may be to the popular museum and PR narrative, must be balanced by the synthesis of a new version, a new integrated picture of what happened that has never been painted before..."In The Murder of Vincent van Gogh true crime maestro Nick van der Leek does what few have done in over a century of feverish postulations - he blows away the murk and reveals the motive behind the most beloved artist's unhappy end, and does so in expressive, crystal clear detail.

Killing Vincent

Author : Irving Arenberg
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781729507575
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Killing Vincent written by Irving Arenberg and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh came stumbling into his room in the Ravoux Inn, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, bleeding from a wound in his abdomen. Thirty hours later, Vincent was dead. THe common myth, which has prevailed for over one hundred years, is that the "mad" artist shot himself in a wheatfield after suffering from years of unhappiness and "insanity." But is that what really happened? Killing Vincent is meant as a historical analysis and exposé of the most dastardly murder of Vincent van Gogh and the19th century, nefarious cover up of the world's most iconic artist's death. This is the biggest cold case in the annals of the art world. I have attempted to continue to explore the key questions that TIME magazine asked in its October 31, 2011, cover story: "Who killed Vincent van Gogh?" and "Was van Gogh's death really a suicide?" on the "Culture" Cover. I have attempted to answer both questions by adding in modern 21st century forensic analysis. This work is not meant as an academic treatise or dissertation, with every observation, thought, and detail requiring documentation. It is only an attempt as an expose', to seek the truth of what really happened on the day Vincent van Gogh was mortally wounded, and to best connect all the missing "dots." In the process, I will try to fit the best murder scenario into what little is really accepted, and why he was murdered....significantly changing art history! This book attempts to explore all possible scenarios, no matter how likely or unlikely, or how relevant or irrelevant they may appear to be to this cold case at first glance. Which of several scenarios best puts all the facts, stories, and legends together and connects all these odd "dots" now in a persuasive manner? Sometimes the truth is more unbelievable than the reality it discloses.

Killing Vincent: the Man, the Myth, and the Murder

Author : I. Kaufman Arenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781090243133
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Killing Vincent: the Man, the Myth, and the Murder written by I. Kaufman Arenberg and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh came stumbling into his room in the Ravoux Inn, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, bleeding from a wound in his abdomen. Thirty hours later, Vincent was dead. THe common myth, which has prevailed for over one hundred years, is that the "mad" artist shot himself in a wheatfield after suffering from years of unhappiness and "insanity". But is that what really happened?Killing Vincent is meant as a historical analysis and exposé of the most dastardly murder of Vincent van Gogh and the19th century, nefarious cover up of the world's most iconic artist's death. This is the biggest cold case in the annals of the art world. I have attempted to continue to explore the key questions that TIME magazine asked in its October 31, 2011, cover story: "Who killed Vincent van Gogh?" and "Was van Gogh's death really a suicide?" on the "Culture" Cover. I have attempted to answer both questions by adding in modern 21st century forensic analysis. This work is not meant as an academic treatise or dissertation, with every observation, thought, and detail requiring documentation. It is only an attempt as an expose', to seek the truth of what really happened on the day Vincent van Gogh was mortally wounded, and to best connect all the missing "dots". In the process, I will try to fit the best murder scenario into what little is really accepted, and why he was murdered....significantly changing art history! This book attempts to explore all possible scenarios, no matter how likely or unlikely, or how relevant or irrelevant they may appear to be to this cold case at first glance. Which of several scenarios best puts all the facts, stories, and legends together and connects all these odd "dots" now in a persuasive manner? Sometimes the truth is more unbelievable than the reality it discloses.

Van Gogh's Ear

Author : Bernadette Murphy
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374716021
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh's Ear written by Bernadette Murphy and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2016-07-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-known and most sensational event in Vincent van Gogh’s life is also the least understood. For more than a century, biographers and historians seeking definitive facts about what happened on a December night in Arles have unearthed more questions than answers. Why would an artist at the height of his powers commit such a brutal act? Who was the mysterious “Rachel” to whom he presented his macabre gift? Did he use a razor or a knife? Was it just a segment—or did Van Gogh really lop off his entire ear? In Van Gogh’s Ear, Bernadette Murphy reveals, for the first time, the true story of this long-misunderstood incident, sweeping away decades of myth and giving us a glimpse of a troubled but brilliant artist at his breaking point. Murphy’s detective work takes her from Europe to the United States and back, from the holdings of major museums to the moldering contents of forgotten archives. She braids together her own thrilling journey of discovery with a narrative of Van Gogh’s life in Arles, the sleepy Provençal town where he created his finest work, and vividly reconstructs the world in which he moved—the madams and prostitutes, café patrons and police inspectors, shepherds and bohemian artists. We encounter Van Gogh’s brother and benefactor Theo, his guest and fellow painter Paul Gauguin, and many local subjects of Van Gogh’s paintings, some of whom Murphy identifies for the first time. Strikingly, Murphy uncovers previously unknown information about “Rachel”—and uses it to propose a bold new hypothesis about what was occurring in Van Gogh’s heart and mind as he made a mysterious delivery to her doorstep. As it reopens one of art history’s most famous cold cases, Van Gogh’s Ear becomes a fascinating work of detection. It is also a study of a painter creating his most iconic and revolutionary work, pushing himself ever closer to greatness even as he edged toward madness—and one fateful sweep of the blade that would resonate through the ages.

Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook

Author : Abrams
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781419725944
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (259 download)

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Download or read book Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook written by Abrams and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most revolutionary discovery in the entire history of Van Gogh's oeuvre. Not one drawing; not ten, not fifty, but sixty-five drawings." --Ronald Pickvance, from the Foreword Late in life, during his time living in Provence, Vincent van Gogh kept a sketchbook within a humble account ledger given to him by Joseph and Marie Ginoux, the owners of the Café de la Gare in Arles. This artifact of incalculable historical and aesthetic value remained hidden for more than one hundred and twenty years. It reappears today as a revelation and an extraordinary treasure. Published in this volume for the first time, Van Gogh's lost sketchbook tells a riveting story. Over two tumultuous years in the artist's life, he drew sixty-five sketches, including landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and a self-portrait, within the ledger. These priceless drawings provide insight into the last years of Van Gogh's life, just before his fatal stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, and a new understanding of his most famous paintings, such as The Yellow House, The Night Café, and The Starry Night. With meticulous analysis of the sketchbook and the historical record, art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov discusses each drawing in terms of Van Gogh's career as a whole, and in particular during his time in Arles and Saint-Rémy-de-Provence between February 1888 and May 1890. This groundbreaking book includes facsimile reproductions of all the sketches and is richly illustrated with dozens of drawings, photographs, and paintings that situate the sketchbook in the context of Van Gogh's life's work and the history of art. The result of a remarkable discovery, Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook offers fresh insight into the life and work of one of the world's most beloved artists.

The Van Gogh Murders

Author : Julia Miller
Publisher : MV-Verlag
ISBN 13 : 395645037X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book The Van Gogh Murders written by Julia Miller and published by MV-Verlag. This book was released on 2014 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Murder in Amsterdam

Author : Ian Buruma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Murder in Amsterdam written by Ian Buruma and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buruma returns to his native land to explore the brutal murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh at the hands of an Islamic extremist.

Van Gogh

Author : Steven Naifeh
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588360474
Total Pages : 1002 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh written by Steven Naifeh and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-18 with total page 1002 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The definitive biography for decades to come.”—Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Jackson Pollock, have written another tour de force—an exquisitely detailed, compellingly readable portrait of Vincent van Gogh. Working with the full cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Naifeh and Smith have accessed a wealth of previously untapped materials to bring a crucial understanding to the larger-than-life mythology of this great artist: his early struggles to find his place in the world; his intense relationship with his brother Theo; and his move to Provence, where he painted some of the best-loved works in Western art. The authors also shed new light on many unexplored aspects of Van Gogh’s inner world: his erratic and tumultuous romantic life; his bouts of depression and mental illness; and the cloudy circumstances surrounding his death at the age of thirty-seven. Though countless books have been written about Van Gogh, no serious, ambitious examination of his life has been attempted in more than seventy years. Naifeh and Smith have re-created Van Gogh’s life with an astounding vividness and psychological acuity that bring a completely new and sympathetic understanding to this unique artistic genius. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • The Wall Street Journal • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • The Economist • Newsday • BookReporter “In their magisterial new biography, Van Gogh: The Life, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith provide a guided tour through the personal world and work of that Dutch painter, shining a bright light on the evolution of his art. . . . What [the authors] capture so powerfully is Van Gogh’s extraordinary will to learn, to persevere against the odds.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “Brilliant . . . Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith are the big-game hunters of modern art history. . . . [Van Gogh] rushes along on a tide of research. . . . At once a model of scholarship and an emotive, pacy chunk of hagiography.”—Martin Herbert, The Daily Telegraph (London)

The Van Gogh Murders

Author : Rick Doehring
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781979853910
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Van Gogh Murders written by Rick Doehring and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Van Gogh Murders is both an engrossing mystery and a political comedy. It is the first important novel to confront the arrogance of our so-called leaders in the Age of Trump. The case begins when a destitute man is found murdered with $247,000 in cash floating around his head - and an original Van Gogh painting hanging on his wall. Not only has this painting not been seen in 75 years - it disappears the day after the murder. Even though his private investigator's license has expired, our detective, James Hitchcock - yes, he is distantly related to Alfred - tries to solve the murder, find the painting, and do his real job: find lost dogs. Along the way Hitchcock talks to the ghost of his neighbor, falls in and out and in love, and gives you a tour of Santa Barbara that you'll never forget. Even though this novel is a comedy - or perhaps because it is a comedy - the truth is always being sought by our hero and, because of his efforts, a version of the truth is ultimately revealed. In today's world our civil values are constantly being challenged and, in some instances, destroyed by our leaders. Perhaps it takes a humorist with a political punch to remind us what questions we should be asking, what truths we should be seeking, and what ideals we should be endorsing - While, at the same time, this same humorist tries to solve a murder, track down a lost painting, and find a couple of lost dogs. The Van Gogh Murders is certainly worth reading. Especially the part about the dogs.

Love and Murder

Author : Irv Arenberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781088065815
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Love and Murder written by Irv Arenberg and published by . This book was released on 2023-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On July 29, 1890, a hot and muggy afternoon, shortly after Vincent van Gogh was laid to rest after his honor killing for "compromising" his doctor's twenty-one-year-old daughter, Marguerite, twenty-six (26) of his unknown paintings and other art material were stolen from the hotel where he had been laid out for his final viewing by his doctor and his son. This was the largest art heist of a single artist ever, and today would be worth many billions! This theft led to the Gachet art forgery ring and many fakes, forgeries, and altered provenance for years. This is the story in the book 3 of the Killing Vincent Trilogy of what happened to all this art and to Marguerite and her sad, long life without her Vincent. This book three is the finale of the Trilogy. Book one was Killing Vincent and proved forensically that it was not possible for Vincent to self-inflict his mortal wound. If Vincent did not shoot himself in the belly, (of all places) then whoever put that penetrating wound in his abdomen murdered him! Book two, Love and Murder, now in your hands answers the questions of how, why, and where Vincent van Gogh was murdered and how a brilliant cover up of the murder was accomplished by the persons of interest using the false narrative of a suicide as a martyr for his art. There is also a sneak preview of chapter one from book three The Day Vincent van Gogh was Murdered; The Honor Killing that Changed Art History Forever and Led to The Greatest Art Heist in Modern Times. Hopefully this will you excite you to put the entire Killing Vincent Trilogy together in your mind's eye in preparation for the major movie, Finally Love.

"A Great Artist is Dead"

Author : Ronald Pickvance
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "A Great Artist is Dead" written by Ronald Pickvance and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Van Gogh

Author : Gregory White Smith
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847653219
Total Pages : 1008 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh written by Gregory White Smith and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early The Potato Eaters to his late masterpieces Sunflowers and The Starry Night. He had worked as an art dealer, a missionary and as a teacher in England, and only in his late twenties did he begin a life that would be fundamental in shaping modern art. But when he died in Auvers-sur-Oise in 1890 at the age of thirty-seven he was largely unknown. Written with the cooperation of the Van Gogh Museum, Pulitzer-winning authors Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith recreate his extraordinary life, and the inside of his troubled mind, like never before - and they put forward an explosive new theory challenging the widespread belief that Van Gogh took his own life. Drawing for the first time on all of his (and his family's) extensive letters, which offer exquisite glimpses into his thoughts and feelings, this is the definitive portrait of one of the world's cultural giants.

The Strange Death of Vincent Van Gogh

Author : Ted Morgan
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 161230818X
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book The Strange Death of Vincent Van Gogh written by Ted Morgan and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Van Gogh, perhaps the greatest and most influential painter of the nineteenth century, committed suicide at the age of thirty-seven. He sold only one painting in his lifetime. Was he motivated by mental illness or despair when he put a revolver to his chest or was his physician partly to blame? Here, in this short-form book by Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and historian Ted Morgan, is the intriguing answer.

The Midnight Man

Author : Loren D. Estleman
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 145322050X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Midnight Man written by Loren D. Estleman and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book: A cop is shot and a Detroit PI is determined to find the culprit in this mystery by a multiple Shamus Award winner. A routine case puts Amos Walker on the highway to Ann Arbor, but the trip turns deadly just a few miles outside of Detroit. Tailing a trucker suspected of faking hijackings, Walker does his best to keep a safe distance, but is recognized anyway. The trucker runs him off the road, and it’s only the tight handling of an American-made Cutlass that keeps Walker from becoming roadkill. A good-natured policeman helps him out, and the detective continues on his way. But the next day, a bullet near the spine sends Walker’s new friend into intensive care, and Walker sets out to find the scum who shot the cop. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Loren D. Estleman including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.