Experts authenticate the Van Gogh Painting titled ‘Le Blute-fin Mill’
February 26th, 2010 - 1:02 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Amsterdam, Feb 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Experts have authenticated a Van Gogh painting and it is now on display. Due to lack of verification that it is a Van Gogh painting, it spent decades in the depot of a Dutch provincial museum. Experts verified that the maestro painted the ‘Le Blute-fin Mill’, and now the brightly coloured painting depicting large human figures around a mill, has acquired a newfound status in the painting world.
The painting is now on display at the Museum de Fundatie in Zwolle. “The painting is a little a-typical for Van Gogh because of the many people appearing on it but also very typical because of the prominent role for the mill,” said Ralph Keuning, director of the Fundatie museum. The director of the Fundatie museum had discovered the painting 3 years ago, in 2007.
The painting is believed to have been painted in 1886, and Dirk Hannema, the founder of the museum, bought it 35 years ago. He is well known as an experienced art collector, but after he bought this painting, the art fraternity laughed and jeered at him, for making a wrong choice. However now, the detractors must be eating their words, because it has been determined that it is indeed a Van Gogh.
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