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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Mr. and Mrs. Ginoux
(c. 12 June 1890)
... at my
pictures. And this is not the end. Besides, it is a certain
fact that I have done better work than before since I stopped
drinking, and that is so much gained.
But still I often think of you all, one cannot do what one
wants in life. The more you feel attached to a spot, the more
ruthlessly you are compelled to leave it, but the memories
remain, and one remembers - as in a looking glass, darkly -
one's absent friends.
Here is the address:
Vincent van Gogh,
chez Ravoux, Place de la Mairie,
Auvers-sur-Oise,
(Seine-et-Oise)
Petite vitesse
In this way there can be no mistakes. And I thank you in
advance for your trouble, and mind that Ginoux hires a man to
do the packing, and does not exert himself; I shall repay your
expenses.
Wishing you good health and complete recovery,
Cordially yours, Vincent van Gogh
... | Newspaper article by Anton Kerssemakers
(14 April 1912)
... and he calmly went on eating.
On the other hand he liked to have some brandy in his flask
on his rambles, and he would not have liked to do without it;
but as far as I know this was the only luxury he permitted
himself. His studio too - he had rented a couple of rooms in
the sexton's house - had quite a Bohemian look.
One was amazed at the way all the available hanging or
standing room was filled with paintings, drawings in
watercolour and in crayon, heads of men and women whose
clownish turned-up noses, protruding cheekbones and large ears
were strongly accentuated, the rough paws calloused and
furrowed, weavers and weaving looms, women spooling yarn,
potato planters, women weeding, innumerable still lifes,
certainly as many as ten studies in oils of the little old
chapel at Nuenen that I mentioned, which he was so enthusiastic
about that he had painted it in all seasons and in all
weathers. (Later this little chapel was pulled down by the
Nuenen vandals,... |
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