A Van Gogh without a doubt: Wadsworth Atheneum painting is authenticated
(Artdaily.org)

After nearly 30 years of doubt, the Wadsworth Atheneum`s painting, Vase with Poppies, by Vincent Van Gogh, has now been fully authenticated by specialists at the Van Gogh Museum. While the painting came to the Wadsworth in a bequest from the writer and French Impressionist collector Anne Parrish Titzell in 1957 along with works by Renoir, Monet, and Redon, Vase with Poppies has been difficult to confidently attribute since questions about Van Gogh`s practice remained unresolved. Experts in Amsterdam following scientific and art-historical inquiry have determined that the painting technically and stylistically concurs with Van Gogh`s documented work in 1886. This new finding means that the Wadsworth is home to two Van Gogh`s, Vase with Poppies will join Self Portrait, both painted during his Paris period 1886-1887 atop earlier paintings. Vase with Poppies fits stylistically with a group of works the artist made shortly after a