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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,... | 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... | 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,... |
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... | 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... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Anthon van Rappard
(August 1884)
... Wagon.” And now I am working
on them. But on condition that I paint the six canvases for
myself but that I bear his dining room in mind, for
instance with regard to their size; he will pay the expenses of
models and paint, whereas the canvases remain... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2nd half September 1884)
... that for myself. Goodbye,
Vincent
It was mere chance that recently I happened to be asked to
do a drawing or a painted study for 20 guilders. I acceded to
this request, but seeing that I suspected (a suspicion which,
on investigation, proved to be well... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(October 1884)
... That's what I think.
You must not imagine that I have earned anything by doing
that work for Hermans; the first day I got two bills for the
stretchers, canvases and a number of tubes, amounting to
more than I had received from him to pay for them.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 August 1885)
... my spending a single
guilder except on bread. Last year I had an ugly setback in the
matter of the decoration of a dining room, which I did for
somebody who would not pay me. If you take into consideration
that notwithstanding all my exertions I have not... |
