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Sunset at Montmajour is an oil painting on canvas, depicting a landscape of garrigue with the ruins of Montmajour Abbey in the background, painted by Dutch Post-Impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in 1888, when he lived in Arles, France, and inventoried by his brother Theo. It had several owners and was eventually purchased in 1908 by the Norwegian industrialist Christian Nicolai Mustad, who placed it in storage when told it was not actually by van Gogh. It was only reestablished as part of the artist's oeuvre in 2013, the first full-sized Van Gogh painting to be newly confirmed since 1928.Painting: Vincent van Gogh