The discovery of Van Gogh’s Tree Roots

In April 2020, I had more time than I needed. The Covid-19 pandemic had us all locked up. I was technically unemployed. So I tidied up.

In the process, I came across a postcard that I had scanned a few months before. During a phone conversation that dragged on, by chance, it  was on my screen.

In a few seconds, I realized that I was looking at the Tree Roots motif.

My euphoria did not last long, and gave way to an overload of questions. How to demonstrate is convincingly? What did this say about the end of Vincent’s life? How to communicate this discovery to the millions of amateurs likely to be interested in it?

I was able to show exactly where and what time of day this ultimate masterpiece was painted. This painting, which was believed incomprehensible to the point of qualifying it as the first step in abstract art, was finally deciphered: a farewell letter in colors, on the theme of the eternal struggle between life and death.

Also, in recent years, the perception of the end of Van Gogh’s life has been polluted by an unfounded theory, essentially conspiratorial, consisting in asserting that the painter did not commit suicide: he would have been murdered.

My discovery makes this fantasy even more unlikely than it already was.

In a few weeks, I composed a text to document and explain my discovery. For lack of time, I published it myself, with my own little publishing company and a lot of work.

Due to the context, I have made it available to everyone, free of charge, in its digital form. I have never regretted it. So much so that all my books, from now on, will be published on the same model.