Recently the experts of the Van Gogh
Museum, in the Neederlands, have claimed that some sketches that are
attributed to the artist are not really by him.
Those sketches were published in a
book by the art historian Bogomilia Welsh Ovcharov and on the book
she presented them as sketches that the Van Gogh had painted during a
stay in a french museum, in the city of Arles.
However, the experts working in the
museum decided to study them in depth and they got to the conclusion
that they were imitations. There are several reasons that make them
believe this. They claim that the style of the drawings is not the
one that characterises the period they are supposed to be drawn and
also they are made with a brownish ink that has never been found in
his drawings.
The author of the book and the
publisher still stand up for the idea of the sketches being original,
and say that the musem has been wrong other times. But even though
the musem experts are quite convinced that they aren't, they are
going to respect their opinion.
PERSONAL OPINION:
I found this news curious and it
caught my attention the little “fight” between the musem experts
and the author of the book. Of course, I can not take sides, because
I know only a little about Van Gogh and his art and that's not enough
to give a solid opinion, but I think the fact that the experts have
studied the sketches deeply maybe gives their theory some strenght.
However, they can definitely be wrong and mistaken.
NEW WORDS:
· Unveiling: inauguració
· Unrefined: incult, bast
· Depicted: representat
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