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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 March 1877)
... Dear Theo,
I want you to have
a letter from me on your journey. What a
pleasant day we had together in Amsterdam; I stayed and watched
your train until it was out of sight. We are such old friends
already - how often haven't we walked the black fields with the
young green corn together at Zundert, where at this time of the
year we would hear the lark with Father.
This morning I went to Uncle Stricker's with Uncle Cor and
had a long talk there on you know what subject. In the evening
at half past six Uncle Cor took me to the station. It was a
beautiful evening and everything seemed so full of expression,
it was still and the streets were a little foggy, as they so
often are in London. Uncle had had toothache in the morning,
but luckily it didn't last. We passed the flower market on the
way. How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines
and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the
very beginning.
I have written home to tell them what... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(late March 1877)
... and you will have a
fine one in time. Please
accept my small contribution to it, I
am so anxious to keep in touch with you through these little
things - whenever I enter my little room the prints on the
walls remind me of you. It is an old truth that the love
between brothers is a strong support through life: let us seek
that support. May experience strengthen the bond between us,
let us be true and outspoken toward each other, and let us not
have any secrets - just as it is now.
Thanks for your last letter. “It is not over
yet,” you say. No, it could not be over yet. Your heart
will feel the need for confidence in itself and for unburdening
itself - you will be hesitating between two roads: she or my
father. As far as I am concerned, I believe that Father loves
you more than she does - that his love is more valuable; it is
pure gold:
The child puts his faith in his father,
The father is worthy of faith,
For who is nearer than the father,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(22 April 1877)
... Your loving brother, Vincent
It is raining here today,
and one could almost fancy oneself
in London. When I go to post this letter, I hope to walk down
the little path behind the station where we walked
together.
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 April 1877)
... always until the end of the world.
After church I walked
along the path behind the station
where we walked together; my thoughts were full of you, and I
wished we might be together. I walked on to the churchyard at
the end of a black cinder track through the meadows --they
looked so beautiful in the twilight. The churchyard reminds me
of that drawing by Apol in Eigen Haard; 1 a moat
surrounds it, and there is a house circled by pine trees - last
night a light was shining kindly through the windows - it is an
old house, and looks like a parsonage.
Much good may be in store for us in the future; let us learn
to repeat with Father: “I never despair,” and, with
Uncle Jan “If black is the devil, it is always better to
look him in the eyes.”
Write again soon; next Wednesday I shall be in Etten. Do you
have De Plancy's Légendes des Artistes, with wood
engravings after Rochussen? I hope to bring it for you. Between
times I have worked... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 May 1877)
... Dear Theo,
What a fine day we spent together, one we shall not easily
forget. I want to make sure you find a letter on your return
from Etten. You no doubt had a good time at home too, so write
soon and tell me how you spent the day.
I am enclosing something for your portfolio, viz. a
lithograph after J. Maris, which might well be called “A
Poor Man in the Kingdom of God,” and a lithograph after
Mollinger - have you ever seen it before? I have not. At a
Jewish bookseller's, where I buy all the Latin and Greek books
I need, I had the chance of picking prints cheaply from a large
batch, 13 pictures for 70 cents. I thought I would take a few
for my little room, to give it some atmosphere, which is needed
if I am to get new ideas and freshen my mind.
I will tell you what they are, so that you can have some
idea of what it looks like now and what I have hanging up. 1
after Jamin (which is also hanging in your room), one after M.
Maris: that little boy going... |
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