In return, Van Gogh sent two paintings to Pont-Aven. For Gauguin, he painted a dedicated self-portrait, a powerful work showing him against a strident light turquoise background, his hair had just ...

Art conservators were examining Van Gogh's 1885 piece "Head of a Peasant Woman," and when an X-ray machine was used on it, the portrait was revealed on the back of the painting. "Moments like this ...

Unlike in some of the artist’s later self-portraits, Van Gogh’s left ear is clearly visible in the X-ray. He famously cut it off in December 1888 after an argument with fellow artist Paul Gauguin.

Vincent Van Gogh painted three dozen self-portraits in just 10 years. That’s really a lot (there are about the same number of extant paintings by Johannes Vermeer). But now, miraculously, it ...

A garage sale in Minnesota took a wild turn when someone bought an old painting for just $50. The artwork showed a ...

Two Van Gogh paintings that provide unique insight into his life after he cut off his ear have gone on display in London. ... Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889) by Vincent Van Gogh.

Vincent Van Gogh’s 5 most beautiful paintings. The Starry Night (1888), Musée d’Orsay, Paris. The Starry Night is one of the many stages in Vincent van Gogh ‘s obsessive quest to represent ...

Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Self Portrait with a Straw Hat," is displayed at "Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings" during a press preview at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2005.

An exhibition in Boston celebrates the little known Roulins of Arles, a family that tempered the artist’s depressions and sat ...

The self-portrait was found beneath layers of cardboard and glue on the back of another Van Gogh painting called “Head of a Peasant Woman” after it was X-rayed ahead of an upcoming exhibition ...

Van Gogh was known for turning canvases around and painting on the other side to save money. "Moments like this are incredibly rare," said Frances Fowle, a senior curator at the National Galleries ...

A hidden self-portrait by Vincent van Gogh has been discovered behind one of his paintings, covered by layers of glue and cardboard for more than a century.. The image was found when art ...