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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 July 1882)
... a large scale and once on a smaller one .
C. M. has those two and they were the ones Rappard was
pleased with, especially the large one. I should like you to
have a look at them if you happen to be at C. M.'s, for I
should like to know what you think, especially of the larger
one. When are you coming? I look forward to seeing you very
much.
Well, brother, you are to blame for my being so happy today
that it made me cry. Thanks for everything, my dear fellow, and
believe me, with a handshake in my thoughts,
Ever yours, Vincent
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 21 August 1883)
... guilders a year,
especially on rent.
And having paid my debts with the money from C. M., I think
it might be good to act quickly.
In fact, I think it would be superfluous for me to go there
first to gather information.
I have a small map of Drenthe before me. On it I can see a
large white space devoid of any village names. It is crossed by
the Hoogeveen canal, which suddenly comes to an end, and I see
the words “peat moors” written right across the
blank space on the map. Around that blank space, a number of
small black dots with the names of villages and a red one for
the little town of Hoogeveen.
Near the boundary, a lake - the Black Lake - a name to
conjure with - I picture all sorts of workman dredging the
banks. Some of the village names - such as Oosterheuvelen
[Eastern Hills] and Erica, also exercise the imagination. Well,
tell me your opinion about the possibility of a quick move to
that region.
If it happened, I should begin by acting... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 or 23 August 1883)
... there, and make
her behave better.
Today I sent a number of studies to C. M.
I am very glad about your revised opinion about my work -
your revised opinion tallies with Rappard's - Van der Weele
also thinks there is something in my work. Personally, I
believe that in every painter's life there is a period when he
makes absurdities, and for myself, I think that period is
already a long time behind me. Further, I think that I am
making progress slowly but steadily, and that the better work I
do later will cast a reflex on the work I am doing now, and
will show more clearly that even now there is already some
truth and simplicity in it, and as you yourself express it, a
manly conception and perception.
So that if you now find something in a study, you will not
have to retract that opinion, and later better work will never
make you indifferent to the first.
Last year Weissenbruch already said something like that to
me - go your own way quietly, and in your old age,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 September 1883)
... in the line you think you can use.”
As to C. M., I sent him more than twenty studies, so I think
he cannot be dissatisfied - besides, he can exchange them for
others later. As you haven't much to spare yourself, I want to
suggest that you explain the thing to him - that it would be
good for me to go to the country to paint on regularly for a
time. That we shall try to do so without his help, but that it
would be of such great importance if, in case of need, he did
not entirely withdraw his help in the future.
You see, there is no possibility of making both ends meet
and yet doing what the work demands as to painting. A farmer in
Drenthe charges a guilder a day for board and lodging. In the
beginning I should like to keep in touch with the woman as much
as possible, and send her a little money; but even so the cares
will be less heavy. The studio must be dispensed with for a
time, the furniture stored in a corner of a garret until better
times. And then, without luggage,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(10 September 1883)
... it arrives,
and for lodging and railway fare. But if we are lucky enough to
get something from C. M., I shall have some things I have
selected sent me by parcel post. The sooner this can be done,
the better.
So if you hear anything, write to me as soon as you know my
address, and of course I agree to the proposed arrangement of
sending only part of the 100 francs if you are hard up,
awaiting a more favourable moment.
I cannot help thinking that perhaps C. M. will do nothing at
all.
At all events, brother, it was very energetic and wise of
you to send this at once, for now I can go there already and
look around a bit, and even without help we shall certainly be
able to manage there.
Therefore many thanks, and rest assured that it will prove
to have been a good measure. My intention is to stay there, for
instance, till you come to Holland next year. I should not like
to miss your visit then. But in this way I should see all the
seasons of the year and get a general... |
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