Killing Vincent: The Man The Myth and The Murder

On July 27 1890 Vincent van Gogh came stumbling into his room in the Ravoux Inn in Auvers-sur-Oise France bleeding from a wound in his abdomen. Thirty hours later Vincent was dead. THe common myth which has prevailed for over one hundred years is that the mad artist shot himself in a wheatfield after suffering from years of unhappiness and insanity. But is that what really happened?Killing Vincent is meant as a historical analysis and exposé of the most dastardly murder of Vincent van Gogh and the19th century nefarious cover up of the worlds most iconic artists death. This is the biggest cold case in the annals of the art world. I have attempted to continue to explore the key questions that TIME magazine asked in its October 31 2011 cover story: Who killed Vincent van Gogh? and Was van Goghs death really a suicide? on the Culture Cover. I have attempted to answer both questions by adding in modern 21st century forensic analysis. This work is not meant as an academic treatise or dissertation with every observation thought and detail requiring documentation. It is only an attempt as an expose to seek the truth of what really happened on the day Vincent van Gogh was mortally wounded and to best connect all the missing dots. In the process I will try to fit the best murder scenario into what little is really accepted and why he was murdered....significantly changing art history! This book attempts to explore all possible scenarios no matter how likely or unlikely or how relevant or irrelevant they may appear to be to this cold case at first glance. Which of several scenarios best puts all the facts stories and legends together and connects all these odd dots now in a persuasive manner? Sometimes the truth is more unbelievable than the reality it discloses.