کتاب رمان هلندی یک ون گوگ واقعی A real Van Gogh

In 1928, after eleven years of extensive research and editing, Dr.

Jacob Baart de la Faille finally finished the first catalogue raisonné

of Vincent van Gogh’s work. Soon after,

however, de la Faille discovered that he had mistakenly listed dozens

of forged works as genuine in the catalog.

He quickly set out to set the record straight but was met with strong

resistance from art dealers, collectors, critics, politicians, amongst others—

all of whom had self-interested reasons to oppose his corrections.

To this day, the international art world struggles to separate the

real Van Goghs from the fake. A Real Van Gogh begins with the

story of de la Faille and moves into the late

decades of the twentieth century, outlining the numerous clashes

over the authenticity of Van Gogh’s works while simultaneously

exposing the often bewildering ramifications for art critics and

scholars when they bring unwelcome news.

Vincent van Gogh’s paintings and drawings are fabulously expensive.

Millions of people admire his work, but are those masterpieces all genuine?

To this day, the international art world struggles to separate the real Van

Goghs from the fake ones, and the key question addressed in this book is

what may happen to art experts when they publicly

voice their opinions on a particular Van Gogh (or not).

The story starts with art expert J.B. de la Faille who discovered to

his own bewilderment that he had included dozens of fake

Van Goghs in his 1928 catalogue raisonne.

He wanted to set the record straight, but met with strong

resistance from art dealers, collectors, critics, politicians and others,

marking the beginning of a fierce clash of interests that had seized

the art world for many decades of the twentieth century.

In his fascinating account of the struggle for the genuine Vincent van Gogh,

Tromp shows the less attractive side of the art world.

His reconstruction of many such confrontations yields a host of

intriguing and sometimes bewildering insights into the fates of

art experts when they bring unwelcome news.