A group of experts say that the painting "Elimar" is a previously unknown work by Vincent van Gogh. (courtesy LMI Group International, Inc)
A painting bought at a garage sale in Minnesota is a previously unknown portrait by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh, according to a newly published expert analysis. It was made by Van Gogh during his stay at a psychiatric hospital in the south of France in 1889, experts commissioned by art research firm LMI Group International have said after analyzing the canvas weave, paint pigment and other characteristics. Acquired by an antiques collector in 2016, the painting bears an inscription of the word “Elimar” in the bottom right corner.
The oil on canvas painting is a portrait of a fisherman with a white beard, smoking a pipe as he repairs his net. It is based on a painting by Danish artist Michael Ancher (1849-1927), according to LMI, and is one of many of Van Gogh’s “translations” of works by other artists.
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A painting that sold for less than $50 at a garage sale could be an original Van Gogh worth $15 million, experts say. The canvas was found by an unsuspecting antiques collector at a Minnesota garage sale in 2016 and now historians, scientists and curators have teamed up to prove that it is an oil painting by the famed Dutch artist.
Vincent Van Gogh arrived at the Saint Paul monastery in May 1889 in Saint-Remy de Provence (Getty Images) Experts said that the portrait also represents a time in the artist’s life when he was “returning to themes and images from his youth.”
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