Editing Van Gogh Museum (section)

==History==
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=== Unsold works ===
Upon [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s death in 1890, his work not sold fell into the possession of his brother [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo]]. Theo died six months after Vincent, leaving the work in the possession of his widow, [[Johanna van Gogh-Bonger]].<ref name=nga>{{citation |url=http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgmsm.shtm |title=Van Gogh's Van Goghs: The Van Gogh Museum |publisher=National Gallery of Art |access-date=23 April 2011 |archive-date=29 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529195527/http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/vgmsm.shtm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Selling many of Vincent's paintings with the ambition of spreading knowledge of his artwork, Johanna maintained a [[private collection]] of his works.  The collection was inherited by her son Vincent Willem van Gogh in 1925, eventually loaned to the [[Stedelijk Museum]] in [[Amsterdam]], where it was displayed for many years, and was transferred to the state-initiated Vincent van Gogh Foundation in 1962.<ref name=nga/>In the years following her husband’s death, [[Johanna van Gogh-Bonger]] organized exhibitions of [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s work in the [[Netherlands]] and abroad, significantly contributing to his posthumous recognition.

=== Dedicated museum ===
Design for a Van Gogh Museum was commissioned by the Dutch government in 1963 to Dutch architect and furniture designer [[Gerrit Rietveld]].<ref name=artnews>{{citation |url=http://www.artknowledgenews.com/2011_02_13_23_02_13_the_van_gogh_museum_in_amsterdam_hosts_our_editor_the_worlds_largest_collection_of_van_goghs_artwork.html |title=The Van Gogh Museum In Amsterdam Hosts Our Editor ~ The World's Largest Collection of Van Gogh's Artwork |publisher=Art Knowledge News |access-date=23 April 2011}}</ref> Rietveld died a year later, and the building was not completed until 1973,<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.sfmoma.org/artists/4283 |title=Gerrit Thomas Rietveld |publisher=SFMOMA |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100728024532/http://www.sfmoma.org/artists/4283 |archive-date=28 July 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> when the museum opened its doors.<ref>[http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=215&lang=en&section=sectie_museum The Organization] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140820002809/http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=215&lang=en&section=sectie_museum |date=20 August 2014 }}, Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved 30 January 2012.</ref>  In 1998 and 1999, the building was renovated by the Dutch architect Martien van Goor,<ref>[http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=13886&lang=en The museum's architecture in overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002836/http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=13886&lang=en |date=15 July 2014 }}, Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved 6 February 2012.</ref> and an exhibition wing by the Japanese architect [[Kisho Kurokawa]] was added.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.kisho.co.jp/page.php/220 |title=New Wing of the Van Gogh Museum |publisher=Kisho Kurokawa architect & associates |year=2006 |access-date=23 April 2011 |archive-date=2 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002054450/http://www.kisho.co.jp/page.php/220 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In late 2012, the museum was closed for renovations for six months. During this period, 75 works from the collection were shown in the [[H'ART Museum]].<ref>Dan Saltzstein, "[http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/amsterdams-van-gogh-museum-to-close-for-renovations/ Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum to Close for Renovations]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref>

On 9 September 2013, the museum unveiled a long-lost Van Gogh painting that spent years in a Norwegian attic believed to be by another painter. It is the first full-size canvas by him discovered since 1928. ''[[Sunset at Montmajour]]'' depicts trees, bushes and sky, painted with Van Gogh's familiar thick brush strokes. It can be dated to the exact day it was painted because he described it in a letter to his brother, Theo, and said he painted it the previous day 4 July 1888.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Van Gogh Painting Unveiled in Amsterdam|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/10/arts/design/new-van-gogh-painting-discovered-in-amsterdam.html?_r=0|newspaper=NY Times| date=9 September 2013 |access-date=9 September 2013| last1=Siegal | first1=Nina }}</ref>

===Art thefts===
In 1991, twenty paintings were stolen from the museum, among them Van Gogh's early painting ''[[The Potato Eaters]]''. Although the thieves escaped from the building, 35 minutes later all stolen paintings were recovered from an abandoned car. Three paintings – ''[[Wheatfield with Crows]]'', ''[[Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Netherlands)#Personal items|Still Life with Bible]]'', and ''[[Still life paintings by Vincent van Gogh (Paris)#Assorted fruit|Still Life with Fruit]]'' – were severely torn during the theft.<ref>Paul L. Montgomery, "[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/15/arts/lost-and-found-huge-van-gogh-theft-fails.html Lost and Found: Huge van Gogh Theft Fails]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 1991. Retrieved 31 January 2012.</ref> Four men, including two museum guards, were convicted for the theft and given six or seven-year sentences.<ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.trouw.nl/tr/nl/5009/Archief/archief/article/detail/2759683/1992/04/17/Rovers-Van-Gogh-in-hoger-beroep-forser-gestraft.dhtml Rovers Van Gogh in hoger beroep forser gestraft]", ''[[Trouw]]'', 1992. Retrieved 24 February 2012.</ref> It is considered to be the largest [[art theft]] in the Netherlands since the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[https://archive.today/20120708214945/http://archief.nrc.nl/index.php/1991/Juli/18/Binnenland/3/Diefstal+Van+Goghs+grootste+kunstroof+in+Nederland/check=Y Diefstal Van Goghs grootste kunstroof in Nederland]" (subscribers only), ''[[NRC Handelsblad]]'', 1991. Retrieved 24 February 2012.</ref>

In 2002, two paintings were stolen from the museum, ''[[Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen]]'' and ''[[View of the Sea at Scheveningen]]''.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/08/world/two-van-gogh-works-are-stolen-in-amsterdam.html Two van Gogh Works Are Stolen in Amsterdam]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref> Two Dutchmen were convicted for the theft to four-and-a-half-year sentences, but the paintings were not immediately recovered.<ref>Lawrence Van Gelder, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/27/theater/arts-briefing.html Jail for Van Gogh Thieves]", ''[[New York Times]]'', 2004. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref><ref>{{in lang|nl}} "[http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2676/Cultuur/article/detail/669092/2005/04/09/Ook-bij-hof-veroordeling-van-rovers.dhtml Ook bij hof veroordeling van rovers]", ''[[de Volkskrant]]'', 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref> The museum offered a reward of €100,000 for information leading to the recovery of the paintings.<ref>[http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=7995&lang=en Van Gogh Museum offers reward for information about theft of paintings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110210124/http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/vgm/index.jsp?page=7995&lang=en |date=10 January 2014 }} (press release), Van Gogh Museum, 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2012.</ref> The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] Art Crime Team listed the robbery on their ''Top Ten Art Crimes'' list, and estimates the combined value of the paintings at US$30{{nbsp}}million.<ref>[https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/arttheft/vangogh Van Gogh Museum Robbery] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414134200/https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/vc_majorthefts/arttheft/vangogh |date=14 April 2016 }}, [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Retrieved 23 February 2012.</ref> In September 2016, both paintings were discovered by the [[Guardia di Finanza]] in [[Castellammare di Stabia]], [[Italy]] in a villa belonging to the [[Camorra]] drug trafficker [[Raffaele Imperiale]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Guy|title=Two Stolen Van Goghs Worth $112 Million Found in a Police Raid on a Mafia Don's Villa in Italy|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/guymartin/2016/10/01/two-stolen-van-goghs-worth-112-million-found-in-a-police-raid-on-a-mafia-dons-villa-in-italy/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> The two artworks were found in a "relatively good state", according to the Van Gogh Museum.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[BBC News]]|date=30 September 2016|access-date=30 September 2016|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37516164|title=Van Gogh paintings stolen from Amsterdam found in Italy}}</ref>