Richard Johnson of Cornell University intends to prove his point as he conducts an experiment at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam this week.
According to a report in the latest Christian Science Monitor, Johnson claims to have developed a “visual signature” for Van Gogh’s style by analysing a database of 101 paintings by the artist and his known imitators. This signature can be distilled into numbers and used as a benchmark by which to judge other works.
The system can be used for other artists in the same way, it is argued.
Software that can profile an artists and identify fakes
A UNITED States university professor has developed a computer program that he believes can identify fake paintings.
