Fisherman With Cutty a Van Gough?

[Briar Lee]

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This may be the first time young people see a codger clenching a pipe.

 

[mawnansmiff]

Doesn't look like a typical European. Did Van Gogh travel?

Jay.

 

[woodsroad]

Doesn't look like a typical European. Did Van Gogh travel?

Jay.

He traveled to an insane asylum for this one.

 

[SmokeyJock]

Doesn't look like a typical European. Did Van Gogh travel?

Jay.

Van Gogh was around in the 19th century, plenty non-white folk in Europe back then

 

[woodsroad]

Van Gogh was around in the 19th century, plenty non-white folk in Europe back then

Looks Caucasian to me, just a combination of face, beard and attire we don't see much anymore.

 

[woodsroad]

FWIW, I found this Van Gogh in a local pizza joint, hanging next to a 3D picture of Mussolini emancipating the astronauts. The owner drove a hard bargain, he knew what he had. I'm pretty sure it's authentic.



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[anotherbob]

Doesn't look like a typical European. Did Van Gogh travel?

Jay.

A few europeans didn't look that european then or now. And even back as far as these things can be traced some people ended up far away from home.
And then there are also people like me. I am 100 percent European but people often think I am not.
So not sure but more likely that a fisherman had traveled then Van Gogh (actually I think he stayed Europe his whole life).

 

[jguss]

The owner drove a hard bargain, he knew what he had.

So you only paid what, $20 million?

 

[woodsroad]

A few europeans didn't look that european then or now. And even back as far as these things can be traced some people ended up far away from home.
And then there are also people like me. I am 100 percent European but people often think I am not.
So not sure but more likely that a fisherman had traveled then Van Gogh (actually I think he stayed Europe his whole life).

Actually, when Vinnie was "away" in the asylum, he worked diligently on his craft by copying other's work. Researchers have identified a painting that they think he may have copied this from:

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Portrait of Niels Gaihede by Michael Ancher

 

[woodsroad]

So you only paid what, $20 million?

$15 million. I'm a long-time customer, so he gave me a break.

 

[huntertrw]

Did Van Gogh travel?

With a name like Van Gogh, you can be certain he went...here, there, everywhere!

 

[BingBong]

Doesn't, to me, look likely. I had the opportunity to see a number of Van Gogh works up close some 20 years ago. I'd liked his stuff since I was a kid, but oh my word, in the flesh it's much much more. The amount of paint, the way it's applied is astonishing - it makes every other artist seem niggardly and parsimonious bar, maybe, Jackson Pollock. But at no point does one think "too much", it's absolutely right.

 

[Sigmund]

With a name like Van Gogh, you can be certain he went...here, there, everywhere!

If he were alive today he’d be living in a van down by the river!

 

[woodsroad]

If he were alive today he’d be living in a van down by the river!

Yeah, he did that.

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[HawkeyeLinus]

The handwriting “analysis” screams, “No!”

LOL, I’ve got a new Jesus on toast fresh out of the toaster - yours for $100.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

A real one with pipe on chair I took a pic of at the National Gallery in London.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Although it’s not spelled Van Gough, it’s an easy mistake - this fake was outed many years ago - clearly it was by Van Dough.

 

[VDL_Piper]

I refer you to this as a fine example of a Van Gough

 

[condorlover1]

That is actually a polaroid of me smoking a 'cutty' whilst on holiday in Blackpool!

 

[anotherbob]

Actually, when Vinnie was "away" in the asylum, he worked diligently on his craft by copying other's work. Researchers have identified a painting that they think he may have copied this from:

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Portrait of Niels Gaihede by Michael Ancher

True that was certainly a common thing not just with him.
I certainly see the resemblance between the two works. Though in the one above I can tell it's a neck beard and not some kind of fluffy undershirt or something.
Cool thanks, that's a pretty neat thing to see.