Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov (born 1940,

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

) is an

art historian Art history is the study of aesthetic objects and visual expression in historical and stylistic context. Traditionally, the discipline of art history emphasized painting, drawing, sculpture, architecture, ceramics and decorative arts; yet today ...

at the

University of Toronto at Mississauga The University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), also known as U of T Mississauga, is one of the three campuses that make up the tri-campus system of the University of Toronto. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, the campus opened in 1967 as Eri ...

and authority on the art of

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2 ...

. Her book ''Van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook'', contains reproductions of sketches said to be by the artist, but the authenticity of which has been disputed.

Selected publications

*''The early work of Charles Angrand and his contact with Vincent van Gogh''. Editions Victorine, Utrecht & Den Haag, 1971. *''Vincent Van Gogh: His Paris Period, 1886-1888''. Editions Victorine, Utrecht, 1976. *''Vincent van Gogh and the Birth of Cloisonism''. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1981. *''Van Gogh in Provence and Auvers''. Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1999. *''Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook''. Abrams Books, 2016.

References

1940 births Living people Canadian art historians Women art historians Bulgarian art historians Canadian women historians Bulgarian women historians Chevaliers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques People from Sofia Academic staff of the University of Toronto Utrecht University alumni Vincent van Gogh scholars Bulgarian emigrants to Canada {{Art-historian-stub