The physician encouraged van Gogh to ignore his melancholy and focus on his paintings. He completed nearly 80 of them in two months, including “Portrait of Dr. Gachet,” considered a masterpiece.

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 ...

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.

For years, the portrait which is now in Kelvingrove was thought to be a Van Gogh selfportrait, until Mr Reid's son, AJ McNeill Reid, identified it as his father and acquired it in 1928.

Unexpected Gift In 1889, 22-year-old French intern Félix Rey (1867-1932) received an unusual gift from one of his former patients, a mentally ill painter named Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890 ...

Van Gogh's Head of a Peasant Woman is one of three pieces of the artist's work in the National Galleries Collection. With the discovery of the hidden self-portrait, they now have four works in total.

A routine cataloging procedure of a painting by Vincent van Gogh at the National Galleries in Scotland yielded an unexpected discovery: a hidden self-portrait on the back of the canvas.

The self-portrait shows van Gogh, who infamously cut off part of his left ear in 1888, in a brimmed hat with his ear still intact — a clue that this may have been created in his early days.

Van Gogh’s Portrait of Doctor Rey was created between January 7 (when the artist left Arles hospital) and January 17, 1889, and was signed in red oil paint “Vincent, Arles, January 1889.” ...

Jonathan Santlofer will discuss “The Lost van Gogh” at 6 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Glades Road Branch Library, 20701 95th Ave. South, Boca Raton, as part of the annual Writers LIVE! program.

Topline A previously unknown self-portrait of celebrated Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered hiding in plain sight on the back of another painting, the National Galleries of Scotland ...