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Etten, 30 April 1881
...amps. As you know there was an exhibition of watercolours in Brussels - it was rather interesting. Among the Dutch there were 4 or 5 Mauves, “Woodcutters”; J. Maris, “Dunes,” l...
Etten, June 1881
...m studying it; even if I should not make any watercolours, I shall probably find many thing in it, for instance, about sepia and ink. For until now I have drawn exclusively in pencil accented and work...
Etten, 15 October 1881
...n you on your part will show me some of your watercolours, as I am anxious to see them. Look, we really must arrange to meet somehow one of these days. There is only one thing which might prevent me f...
The Hague, c. 18 December 1881
...raw. I have now painted five studies and two watercolours and, of course, a few more sketches. I cannot tell you how kind and friendly Mauve and Jet are to me these days. And Mauve has shown and told ...
Etten, c. 21 December 1881
...from him with some painted studies and a few watercolours. They are not masterpieces, of course, yet I really believe that there is some soundness and truth in them, more at any rate than what I've do...
The Hague, c. 12-16 January 1882
...way to make something, that is, how to paint watercolours. Well, I am quite absorbed in this now and sit daubing and washing it out again; in short, I am trying to find a way. “Puisqu'il faut fa...
The Hague, 21 January 1882
...am making progress and I shall learn to make watercolours, and then it will not be so very long before my work becomes saleable. Mr. Tersteeg himself said something about it, and if some of those smal...
The Hague, 13 February 1882
...what smaller than those I was doing and more watercolours, I must send them to him and he would buy them. Perhaps the time is really not far off when I shall earn some money with my work; I need to ve...
The Hague, 5-9 March 1882
... suppose Mauve will give me some hints about watercolours again. The substance of what Mauve has said up to now is, “Vincent, when you draw, you are a painter.” And therefore I have worked...
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