A British art historiographer believe he has tracked down a renowned opus of article of furniture : the curved wooden bed boast in Vincent van Gogh’sThe Bedroompaintings , completed between 1888 and 1889.According toThe Independent , the bed was reportedly donated to Dutch refugees in Boxmeer , Netherlands , after World War II — and today , experts hope it might still be tucked away inside someone ’s household .
While conduct research for his new Holy Writ , Studio of the South : Van Gogh in Provence , van Gogh expert Martin Bailey discovered a 1937 letter write by the artist ’s first cousin , Vincent Willem , that provided clues to the bed ’s whereabouts .
buy in 1888 , the bed provide van Gogh ’s bedroom in hisYellow Housein Arles , France , which he briefly shared with fellow post - Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin . Van Gogh created three unique house painting of the quad , all of which conspicuously boast the piece of article of furniture . After the artist ’s 1890 felo-de-se , the bed was pass on to his comrade ’s widow , Jo , who afterwards moved to Holland and fetch the bed with her .
Several tenner later , artwork partisan wanted to convert the Yellow House into a museum , and Jo ’s nephew , Vincent Willem , encounter a asking to adopt house painting . Vincent made an even better offer : He munificently suggested that he give the museum the iconic bed .
This design never came to fruition , as turkey destroyed the Yellow House during World War II.According to the AFP , Bailey cover down Vincent ’s son , Johan van Gogh , in 2015 , and the 93 - year - old told him that the bed had stood in his father ’s dwelling in Laren , Holland , until the warfare ’s end . In 1945 , it was donated to survivors in Boxmeer .
Bailey verified this tarradiddle by locating an old photograph of the truck used to dribble the bottom from Laren to Boxmeer . Now , the artistic creation historian hope to find the seam for himself — that is , if its later proprietor , unaware of their invaluable possession , have n’t given or throw it away .
[ h / tThe Independent ]
