{"id":646657,"date":"2026-10-15T00:52:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/646657\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T00:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:52:54","slug":"van-gogh-work-unseen-in-public-for-60-years-on-show-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/646657\/","title":{"rendered":"Van Gogh work unseen in public for 60 years on show in Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hundreds of people queued on Tuesday outside a Hong Kong gallery to see a Vincent van Gogh painting on public display for the first time in six decades.<\/p>\n

\"Sotheby'sSotheby\u2019s staff handle the \u201cCh\u00e2taigniers en fleurs\u201d (Chestnut Trees in Blossom) painting by Vincent van Gogh at an auction preview in Hong Kong on October 13, 2026. Photo: Peter Parks\/AFP.<\/p>\n

The Dutch artist\u2019s\u00a0\u201cChataigniers en fleurs\u201d (\u201cChestnut Trees in Blossom\u201d) was on show in Hong Kong ahead of its November 18 auction in New York, where it is expected to smash records and fetch around $180 million, according to Sotheby\u2019s.<\/p>\n

It was one of 12 works owned by late Argentine collectors Nelly Arrieta de Blaquier and Carlos Pedro Blaquier. Others by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Paul Cezanne will also go under the hammer.<\/p>\n

The van Gogh, which according to Sotheby\u2019s was unseen by the public for over 60 years, portrays a blossoming chestnut tree with a solitary man walking past three women in Japanese attire.<\/p>\n

Completed in 1890, it is from the last two months of van Gogh\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of the last, most expressive and hopeful works by van Gogh in this final phase of his career,\u201d Scott Niichel, a vice chairman at Sotheby\u2019s, told AFP.<\/p>\n

\"HongHong Kong in March 2025. Photo: Kyle Lam\/HKFP.<\/p>\n

It is one of approximately 70 works van Gogh created after leaving the psychiatric asylum of Saint-Remy, where he had created his famous \u201cThe Starry Night\u201d.<\/p>\n

During these final days of his life, van Gogh was producing at a frantic rate \u2014 averaging around one work a day.<\/p>\n

He died shortly after at the age of 37, two days after shooting himself in the chest following well-documented mental health struggles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis manic frenzy of paint application suggests he has so much more to give, and he\u2019s just racing to put it to canvas,\u201d Niichel said, noting the thickness of the paint layers.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrchard with Cypresses\u201d set the current record for a van Gogh price point, selling for $117.2 million in a 2022 auction.<\/p>\n

Niichel said that \u201canything is possible\u201d for who might claim the painting in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur revealing in Hong Kong suggests that Asia is certainly a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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