Updating this post from May, "Vincent Van Gogh . . . The Comic Novel Sacré Bleu Versus Van Gogh: The Life," this article is just in: "Research experts reject claim in biography that artist was murdered by 16-year-old schoolboy"--
The mystery surrounding Vincent van Gogh’s death has taken another twist after two experts disputed a recent biography that suggested he did not commit suicide but instead was killed by an acquaintance.
The Dutch painter was widely believed to have shot himself at the age of 37, even confessing it on his deathbed. Yet Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith made the shock claim that he had been shot, possibly accidentally, by a 16-year-old schoolboy.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors made the claim in Van Gogh: The Life, a 960-page biography released in October 2011. At the time of publication, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam said the theory was “dramatic” and “intriguing” but added that “plenty of questions remained unanswered.”
Two research experts from the museum were set on the trail of exploring the claims, however, and have no published their findings that the shocking theory of manslaughter, or even murder, simply does not add up.
That's right: the mystery continues!
Interesting, mystery is there but why a 16 year old will kill him. Are there any signs?
Posted by: Russell Thomas | August 30, 2013 at 08:43 AM