van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 November 1882)
... most suitable for the general public. If the painters combined to see that their work (which in my opinion is, after all, made for the people - at least I think this is the highest, noblest calling for any artist to pursue) could indeed come into the public's...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 December 1882)
... couldn't we take such a thing in hand? And for myself, I should wish that in this combination everybody should be quite equal, no rules or president or any such thing, only a memorandum regulating the matter, which could only be changed by a unanimous vote once...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(31 and 2 Dec-Jan 1882)
... future which I couldn't see before. I sometimes think of the time, a year ago, when I came here to The Hague. I had imagined that the painters formed a kind of circle or society in which warmth and cordiality and a certain kind of harmony reigned. This seemed...
Lettre de Vincent van Gogh à Theo van Gogh
(10 March 1888)
... en Amérique, est-ce vrai ? Peut-être serait-il plus facile de mettre d'accord quelques marchands et amateurs pour acheter les tableaux impressionnistes, que de mettre d'accord les artistes pour partager également le prix des tableaux vendus....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(10 March 1888)
... paintings into America; is this true? Perhaps it would be easier to get a few dealers and collectors to agree to buy the impressionist paintings than to get the artists to agree to share the price of their paintings. Nevertheless, the artists couldn't...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(28 May 1888)
... and others would not do so much. As for me, it worries me to spend so much money on myself alone, but the only way to remedy it is for me to find a woman with money, or some fellows who will join me to paint pictures. I don't see the woman, but I do...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 15 June 1888)
... up against reality to become facts. I do not want to discuss Gauguin's project, having once thought the situation over this winter - you know the result. You know that I think a Society of Impressionists would be something of the same nature as the Society...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 June 1888)
... there is the following passage in the letter: “I insist that, supposing the capital is got together, or half of it got together, your brother will exert his powers to lead the enterprise to success, and will be its director.” I know quite...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(29 June 1888)
... be winter in the North in four months. And it seems so certain to me that two people doing precisely the same work ought, if circumstances prevent them spending more, to be able to live at home on bread, wine, and anything in short that you'd want to add....

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