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Article by Benno J. Stokvis
(1926)
... he was highly
respected by the farmers. When he set off for work, he
generally wore a sort of raincoat and a sou'wester. In general
his attire was rough [“raw”]. Every day he might be
seen walking with a small campstool under one arm and a square
... | Newspaper article by D. Gestel
(10 October 1930)
... the Roman Catholic Church at
Nuenen…There he was standing before us, that short,
square-built little man, called by the rustics “het
schildermenneke,” “the little painter
fellow.” His sunburned, weather-beaten face was framed... | Exerpt from La vie tragique de Vincent van Gogh
(1939)
... remember well his
arrival at Pâturages; he was a blond young man of
medium stature and with a pleasant face; he was well dressed,
had excellent manners, and showed in his personal appearance
all the characteristics of Dutch cleanliness.
... |
Article by Dr. M. E. Tralbaut
(1948)
... of November 13, 1927, Tralbaut, p. 140):
And there Van Gogh appeared on the scene - the Van Gogh, who
was the spitting image of the portrait the Englishman Levens
made of him, and which was reproduced in the first number of
The Present and Presently.... | Article by V. W. van Gogh
(1949)
... along
on walks, and talked a lot with him. He wore blue linen
trousers and a smock, and had a little red chin-tuft; he was
“an ugly creature.”
Vincent had painted his father weaving in the little house
where Dekkers was living now;... | Memoir by Adeline Ravoux
(1956)
... Vincent walked bent, holding his stomach, again exaggerating
his habit of holding one shoulder higher than the other. Mother
asked him: “M. Vincent, we were anxious, we are happy to
see you to return; have you had a problem?”
He... |
Letter from Vincent Willem van Gogh
(1958)
... suit” with a cap to
match. He used to talk incessantly while working. Dr.
Furnée also visited Vincent's studio; it was very
disorderly and untidy.
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