{"id":19409,"date":"2025-04-15T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/for-idyllic-village-van-goghs-roots-pose-a-knotty-problem\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T09:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:42:15","slug":"for-idyllic-village-van-goghs-roots-pose-a-knotty-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/for-idyllic-village-van-goghs-roots-pose-a-knotty-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"For Idyllic Village, Van Gogh\u2019s Roots Pose a Knotty Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Auvers-sur-Oise, a village near Paris famed as an artist\u2019s paradise, is also where Vincent Van Gogh spent his final days and it has long drawn tourists to walk in the tortured painter\u2019s last footsteps. But ever since art experts identified his final work before he took his life, there has been strife in the town.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"> <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/28\/arts\/design\/vincent-van-gogh-tree-roots.html\" title=\"\">Van Gogh\u2019s final painting<\/a> was disputed for decades, because he didn\u2019t date his works. But in 2020 experts concluded that gnarled tree roots protruding from a hillside in Auvers, as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vangoghmuseum.nl\/en\/collection\/s0195v1962\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">depicted in his \u201cTree Roots,\u201d <\/a> was made on the day he died. This finding may have settled one dispute, but it immediately stirred another, this one between the municipality and the owners of the property where the roots grow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The main root depicted in the painting \u2014 from a black locust tree and dubbed the \u201celephant\u201d by enthusiasts \u2014 abuts a public road. After the discovery of its historical value, the municipality claimed a section of privately owned land near the road as public domain, saying it was necessary for maintenance. Jean-Fran\u00e7ois and H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Serlinger, the property owners, fought the village, and an <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/versailles.cour-administrative-appel.fr\/decisions-de-justice\/dernieres-decisions\/racines-d-arbres-peintes-par-van-gogh\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">appeals court recently<\/a> concluded there was no basis for the municipality\u2019s claim.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the mayor of Auvers, Isabelle M\u00e9zi\u00e8res, has pledged to keep fighting, and she can still appeal to a higher court. After the decision, she insisted that the site should belong to the public, not private owners. \u201cThe Roots belong to the Auversois!\u201d she <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/isabelle.mezieres.5\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote on social media<\/a>, referring to the citizens of the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The continued fight over Van Gogh\u2019s tree roots has cast a pall over what is usually a celebratory season in Auvers, population 7,000, where art tourism is a big business that heats up in the spring. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That the village has been depicted by other notable painters, including Pierre Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne and Camille Pissaro. has only added to its attraction. Its popularity is such that the French transit authorities run a seasonal line from Paris, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/maligneh.transilien.com\/2025\/03\/27\/le-train-des-impressionnistes-2025-infos-pratiques\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">dubbed the \u201cImpressionists\u2019 Train<\/a>,\u201d and people come from afar to see what the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/tourisme-auverssuroise.fr\/activites-loisirs\/sur-les-pas-des-impressionnistes\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">local tourist board<\/a> calls \u201cthe open-air museum that Auvers has become over time.\u201d<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">   <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The property owners say the conflict is endangering the historic site, as the mayor has blocked them and experts from properly protecting the roots since their significance was established. In a phone interview, Mr. Serlinger accused the municipality of using the administrative case as a pretext for \u201can attempted takeover of a culturally significant site\u201d and of simultaneously endangering the roots by \u201cobstructing the installation of a permanent protective structure.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The municipality and the mayor declined requests for comment. But it is perhaps fitting that these tree roots should be the subject of such a knotty dispute. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Van Gogh\u2019s famous painting depicting the tangled tree shows \u201cthe struggle of life, and a struggle with death,\u201d Wouter van der Veen, the researcher in France who identified the roots, said in 2020. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Still, the painting is bright and lively, made at the end of a productive period in Van Gogh\u2019s troubled existence \u2014 after he famously cut off his ear and spent time in an asylum \u2014 and the village celebrates the Dutch painter whose work was rejected in life and embraced after his death. Van Gogh is a major attraction, including for the Serlingers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The couple moved to Auvers in 1996 because Mrs. Serlinger, an artist, wanted to live where Van Gogh had worked. In 2013, they bought a small additional parcel of land near their house, connected to their yard, extending their territory. Only years later did it turn out that the roots on that new property were an important part of art history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/vangoghroots.com\/en\/home-english\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the roots have their own website<\/a> and nonprofit organization, run by the Serlingers, who say they want to protect the location for the public to enjoy. They\u2019ve<strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"> <\/strong>partnered with the Van Gogh Europe Foundation, which brings together key locations and museums linked to the painter under the direction of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Last year, the Serlingers began opening their yard to visitors for tours.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Serlinger insists the couple did not intend to make their yard into a destination and has not profited from the tours. He noted that the main root is mostly visible to the public from the road, though the municipality has placed a 10-foot sign there highlighting the find that partially obstructs the view and \u201cdisfigures the front of the site.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was the enthusiasm of art experts and academics visiting them over the years, that convinced the couple to open up their land to the public, he said. They now charge about $9 for a 30-minute \u201cwalk through the landscape of Van Gogh\u2019s final painting,\u201d he added, with funds going to preservation costs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Saturday was the start of the new tourist season. But the dispute has unsettled the property owners and raised concerns about the preservation of the roots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt created a deep sense of insecurity around a site that calls for calm and serenity,\u201d Mr. Serlinger said. \u201cWe have a feeling of insecurity with a mayor who is still in a war.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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