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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 13-17 April 1885)
... Dear Theo
Enclosed you will find some interesting pages about
colour, namely the great principles which Delacroix
believed in.
Add to this “les anciens ne prenaient pas par la
ligne, mais par les milieux,” that means, starting with
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(4 or 5 May 1885)
... Because I believe this, I send it to you.
Be sure, however, that I greatly admire things in the Salon
number like “The Lark” by Jules Breton, Roll's
picture, also the Fantin Latour, also “The Coast of
Cornwall,” Vernier and some others.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(early May 1885)
... to observe
daily.
Well, goodbye. Understand me well - I do not say that Millet
didn't use white when he painted snow, but I mean that he and
the other tonists could have done so if they had wanted to, in
the same way as Delacroix tells that Paul Veronese... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 11 May 1885)
... very busy these days, drawing figures.
Thanks also for the copy of Le Temps you sent, with the
article about the Salon by Paul Mantz.
I haven't read such a good article in a long time.
I think it very good - the beginning - the picture of those
Laplanders,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 1 June 1885)
... on showing it and I shall go on sending.
If he will write me his observations, I think they may be
useful to me, and he must not hold them back. I must tell you
that I sometimes long very much to see the Louvre and the
Luxembourg again, and that sooner or later... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 4 September 1885)
... the September Lhermitte, it is
splendid. You write about the Poussins in the Louvre; I am very
fond of Poussin. But how long - too long - is it since I saw
those paintings? You cannot imagine what a longing I have to
see pictures. I shall have to satisfy it anyhow.... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(10 or 11 October 1885)
... beautiful figure. It
is unique.
Delacroix would have raved about it - absolutely raved. I
was literally rooted to the spot. Well you know “The
Singer,” that laughing fellow - a bust in a
greenish-black with carmine, carmine in the flesh colour
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(October 1885)
... and did not retouch it so very much.
And please note this too - if it was right, they left it
as it was. I have especially admired the hands by Rembrandt
and Hals, certain hands in “The Syndics,” even in
“The Jewish Bride,” and... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8-12 November 1885)
... work can also be looked at up
close).
In that respect Chardin is as great as Rembrandt.
Israëls is the same, and I for my part think Israëls
always admirable, especially in his technique. It would be too
good if everybody knew this, and thought... |
