Letter from Reverend Salles to Theo van Gogh (31 December 1888) ... I am going to give you news of your brother. I have just
seen him, and found him calm, in a state which does not show anything
abnormal with him. Unfortunately, as a result of the insane act which
required his admission to the hospital and the more
than strange...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (17 January 1889) ... I hope, as I
get back my strength.
Rey told me that being very impressionable was enough to
account for the attack that I had, and that I was really only
anaemic, but that I really must feed myself up. But I took the
liberty of saying to M. Rey that if the...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to A. H. Koning (22 or 23 January 1889) ... the way
from the North of our native country. I received your postcard
in the hospital at Arles, where I had been quartered following
an attack of something the matter with my brains, or otherwise
fever, which had nearly passed off already.
And as for the...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Paul Gauguin (22 or 23 January 1889) ... just proves
that he understands us.
I shall send you your things, but I still have bouts of
weakness at times during which I'm in no position to even lift
a finger to return your things to you. In a few days' time I'll
pluck up the courage. And as for the...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (28 January 1889) ... my work are
not progressing so badly.
It astonishes me already when I compare my condition today
with what it was a month ago. Before that I knew well enough
that one could fracture one's legs and arms and recover
afterward, but I did not know that you could...
Letter de Vincent van Gogh à Theo van Gogh (30 January 1889) ... n'y
ayant plus compté.
Je terminerai cette lettre comme celle à Gauguin, en te disant que
certes il y a encore des signes de la surexcitation précédente
dans mes paroles, mais que cela n'a rien d'étonnant puisque dans ce bon
pays...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (30 January 1889) ... as I did not expect it
any more.
I will finish this letter like Gauguin's, by telling you
that there certainly are signs of previous overexcitement in my
words, but that is not surprising, since everyone in this good
Tarascon country is a trifle cracked....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (3 February 1889) ... everything the doctor says, but…
When I came out of hospital with good old Roulin, I fancied
there'd been nothing wrong with me, it was only
afterwards I felt I'd been ill. Well, that's only to be
expected, I have moments when I am twisted with...
Letter from Reverend Salles to Theo van Gogh (7 February 1889) ... Dear Sir,
Your brother, whom we had believed more or less
cured and who had taken up his usual work once more, has again lately shown signs of
mental distress.
