- Jacob Baart de la Faille
Jacob Baart-de la Faille (
1 June 1886 ,Leeuwarden — 1959) compiled the first catalogue raisonné of the work ofVincent van Gogh , published in 1928. In the same year he was involved in the big fraud affair concerning the Berlin art dealerOtto Wacker , as De la Faille had certified the authenticity of 30 paintings which turned out to be fakes.Biography
Jacob Baart-de la Faille was born to a Dutch father, Cornelis Baart de la Faille, and a Belgian mother, Henriette Adriana Krayenhoff.At the University of Utrecht he majored in law, not in art. [Dr Jacob Baart de la Faille 1886 - 1959, in: Hammacher, ed., 1970, p. 39]
Writings
J.-B. de La Faille (!): "L'Epoque française de Van Gogh", MM. Bernheim-Jeune, éditeurs d'art, Paris ("acheve d'imprimer le 25 aout 1927")
J.-B. de la Faille: "L'Œuvre de Vincent van Gogh", Catalogue raisonné, ouvrage accompagné de la réproduction de plus de 1.600 tableaux, dessins, aquarelles et gravures du Maître. 6 vols. Les Éditions G. van Oest, Paris & Bruxelles, 1928:2nd edition, revising the catalogue of paintings only, Hyperion, Paris 1937 (comprising editions in English, French, and German):3rd edition, edited since 1961 by a committee initially including J. G. van Gelder, W. Jos de Gruyter, A. M. Hammacher (chairman), Jan Hulsker and H. Gerson, in 1962 joined by Annet Tellegen-Hoogendoorn, later by Martha Op de Coul and, due to time passing, by others
J.-B. de la Faille: "Les faux Van Gogh", avec 176 réproductions. Les Éditions G. van Oest, Paris & Bruxelles, 1930
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