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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(27 August 1877)
... and finished with God's help.
I am longing so much to see you again, boy; come soon and
try to arrange for us to spend some time together. Would it be
possible for you to stay here over a Sunday? I should like so
much to show you the Oudezijds Chapel... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 November 1877)
... Dear Theo,
I am eager to write you again, because I often think of you
and I wish it were Christmas, when we shall see each other
again.
Here, the dark days before Christmas are as a long
procession at the end of which shines such a light,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(4 December 1877)
... Lemud would have drawn her figure well.
I should like so much to be with you in Haarlem; anyway,
write when and for how long you get leave. Oh, boy! I long so
much for Christmas and for home and for you. Bring all the
prints you can with you; even though... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(9 December 1877)
... the ivy-covered tree; I hope it may
happen. I cannot tell you how I long for Christmas. I do hope
Father will be satisfied with what I have done.
It was such delightful weather today, and it was so
beautiful between the hawthorn hedges around the... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(10 February 1878)
... You can imagine how the days flew by.
After having taken father to the station, after having watched
the train until it disappeared and the smoke was no longer
visible, I returned home; Father's chair was still near the
table with the books and copybooks we... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(18 February 1878)
... Dear Theo,
Thanks for your letter of February 17; it made me very
happy, as I had been looking forward to it so much. And I am
answering it at once, boy, for I think of you and long for you
so often, and every morning the prints on the wall of my little
... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 May 1882)
... it first, and then I went to see
it.
And now I close by saying that I assure you I often think of
home, and I suppose when six months have passed by and the
thing I wrote you about has happened, and Father and Mother
come to see me, on both sides this... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 August 1882)
... I hope I shall have the chance sometime.
Then you write about the stretch of heath and the pine wood
close by. I can tell you, I feel an everlasting homesickness
for heath and pine trees, with the characteristic figures - a
poor woman gathering wood, a poor... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(29 October 1882)
... which were almost the same as mine.
Well, I often long for you, as I already wrote you. If I saw
you more often, and if I could speak to you about my work, I
should make more things, which I am sure might proceed from the
studies I have. But you remember... |
