Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(June 1885)
... a letter from you then,
nor do I now. You know that I have not been on the best of
terms with those at home for years. After my father's death I
was obliged to correspond with the nearest relatives
during the first days. But as soon as some members... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 7 August 1885)
... either toward you or toward those
at home. With regard to those at home I do nothing that I have
no right to do, seeing that I refrain strictly and permanently
from interfering in their affairs, or from obtruding either my
advice or any questions, and remain absolutely... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(10 or 11 October 1885)
... more yourself,
it is so beautiful.
I did not enter Uncle Cor's shop with him.
The small panels I painted in Amsterdam were done in a great
hurry. One even in the waiting room of the station, when I was
too early for the train, the other in the... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 15 December 1885)
... way of getting me some work or
other.
Listen, Theo, another thing - I don't think it will seem
incomprehensible to you that I haven't had the slightest
inclination to write to the people at home when they are
staying with my charming sister Anna or with... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 4 June 1888)
... has taken on a tinge of pink or
gray.
A family is a queer thing - quite involuntary and in spite
of myself I have been thinking here between whiles of our
sailor uncle, who must have seen the shores of this sea many a
time.
I brought three... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 or 23 January 1889)
... were
exemplary as married people.
And I shall never forget Mother at Father's death, when she
only said one small word: it made me begin to love dear old
Mother more than before. In fact as married people our parents
were exemplary, like Roulin and his... |
