Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (3 June 1883) ... and worked on them early and late.
I am sorry to hear from you that business is rather slack;
if circumstances become more difficult, let us redouble our
energy. I will be doubly intent on my drawings, but for the
present do be doubly intent on sending the...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (13 October 1883) ... you at heart, the
true artist.”
You have undergone unsought, harrowing mental sufferings;
now things are running their course. Why? Whither? To the
renewed beginning of a similar career? My decided opinion is -
no - there is something deeper than that....
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 22 October 1883) ... suppose that you thought differently about it. I
think your idea of changing your situation is a very rational
one. In the first place, one is not obliged to wait for the
moment when the employers will arrive at a better insight; and
in the second place, if...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 3 November 1883) ... boldly with the idea: Painter.
I am afraid, my dear fellow, that if you engage in new
things, in the first place you will waste your time; in the
second place, it will turn out a failure, because the shock of
being uprooted will prove too strong for you,...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (1 December 1883) ... to a
misunderstanding between you and me. There was a moment when
you were very melancholy and wrote me as follows: “My
employers make the situation almost impossible for me, and I
even believe they would rather dismiss me than let me
resign”...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (early July 1884) ... and violet, white and black.
Well, I am longing to hear about your journey to London,
etc.
Mother is making but little progress in walking. Goodbye,
and once more thanks for your letter and the enclosed. Believe
me,
Yours, Vincent
...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (early August 1884) ... Dear Theo,
I was glad to hear from your letter to Father and Mother
that you intend to go to London on August 4, and from there
will come here. I am again longing very much for your coming,
and to know what you will think of the work that I have done
...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (early August 1884) ... Dear Theo,
I just wanted to drop you a line while you are in London.
Thanks for your last letter, and the enclosed 150 francs.
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh (c. 20 January 1885) ... are some more scratches of studies of heads. At
home I heard you have had a good year, and had an offer of 1000
francs a month, which you refused. I can understand that once
at G. & Co., you want to stay there; it was one of the
first great houses, perhaps it might...
