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NCIS: Provence: The Van Gogh Mystery (Vanity Fair)
For many decades, suicide was the unquestioned final chapter of Vincent van Gogh’s legend. But in their 2011 book, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith offered a far more plausible scenario—that Van Gogh was killed—only to find themselves under attack. Now, with the help of a leading forensic expert, the authors take their case a step further.
Van Gogh was MURDERED, says forensic expert: Doubt cast on long-held belief that the artist shot himself.
^^ Daily Mail. Story at links above.
For many decades, suicide was the unquestioned final chapter of Vincent van Gogh’s legend. But in their 2011 book, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith offered a far more plausible scenario—that Van Gogh was killed—only to find themselves under attack. Now, with the help of a leading forensic expert, the authors take their case a step further.
A lone figure tramps toward a field of golden wheat. He carries a canvas, an easel, a bag of paints, and a pained grimace. He sets up his kit and begins to paint furiously, rushing to capture the scene of the swirling wheat as a storm approaches. Murderous crows attack him. He flails them away. As the wind whips the wheat into a frenzy, he races to add the ominous clouds to his canvas. Then the threatening crows. When he looks up, his eyes bug out with madness. He goes to a tree and scribbles a note: “I am desperate. I see no way out.” Gritting his teeth in torment, he reaches into his pocket. Cut to a long shot of the wheat field churning in the storm. The sudden report of a gun startles a passing cart driver. The music swells. “The End” appears against a mosaic of famous paintings and a climactic crash of cymbals.
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Van Gogh was MURDERED, says forensic expert: Doubt cast on long-held belief that the artist shot himself.
⁍ Forensics expert says Vincent van Gogh could not have shot himself
⁍ Dr Vincent di Maio said evidence suggests he was killed by someone else
⁍ Historians believe van Gogh shot himself in a wheat field outside Paris
⁍ But the painter could not have held the gun at such close range to his body
⁍ Even if he could, there would have been scorch marks on his hands
⁍ Mystery remains over who fired revolver which killed the troubled painter
⁍ Some say a group of boys killed van Gogh by accident and he took blame
^^ Daily Mail. Story at links above.