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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.... |
