A recent study by the Van Gogh Museum has found that Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh signed surprisingly few paintings, compared to his contemporaries. Over the course of a decade of artistic creation, he only put his name on 133 of the 840 known paintings, or about 15 percent.
Researcher Julia Engelmayer delved into the question of why Vincent van Gogh almost always signed his name only and why, in contrast to his contemporaries, the Dutch painter actually signed surprisingly few of his creations.
A recent study by the Van Gogh Museum has found that Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh signed surprisingly few paintings, compared to his contemporaries. Over the course of a decade of artistic creation, he only put his name on 133 of the 840 known paintings, or about 15 percent.