Stephanie Brown31. Enter VincentIn the middle of October 1886, while Gauguin was packing up his canvases and hitting friends up for train fare, Vincent van Gogh had moved..
Stephanie Brown30. At the PensionBernard put up at the Pension Gloanec when he got to Pont-Aven, and Madame Gloanec seated him next to Gauguin...
Stephanie Brown28. A new sort of party in Pont-Aven"This week," wrote the Pont-Aven correspondent for L'Union Agricole et Maritime on Sunday, August 1, 1886, "this week, we attended...
Stephanie Brown25. On the expertise of Frenchmen in the tropicsFaithful readers may recall that a few months ago experts at the Getty Center in Los Angeles changed their minds about the attribution...
Stephanie Brown20. "Tall, dark, rather handsome"It may seem that there is nothing new under the sun. And then there's a portrait that hasn't been seen before...
Stephanie Brown17. Introducing Pont-AvenBy 1879, a train ran once a day from Paris to Finistère, Land's End, at the eastern edge of Brittany...
Stephanie BrownWelcome: Start Here.This blog is a mystery, a travelogue across time and place, and a memoir about life and art, museums and research.
Stephanie Brown2. 2016, 1923: The MysteryOne of those still lifes travels the world today as an authentic painting by Paul Gauguin. One hangs in
