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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(15-16 July 1882)
... degrees.
As soon as I am quite well again, I should like to do a
clear watercolour on Harding, because this paper permits
(more than the Whatman) putting in a solid black-and-white
foundation before beginning to wash in, without spoiling the
watercolour effect. But now I cannot work for a long enough
stretch, which worries me a great deal; I am so anxious to set
to work, especially in the open air. In the meantime, as things
are, I am glad to be able to do at least a little.
I began this letter last night, and now I can tell you that
we - that is, the woman, the two children and I - spent a night
in the large attic. The bedroom looks a good deal like the hold
of a ship because it is completely boarded, and I think it is
very healthy. The cradle has to be carried downstairs during
the day. Everything was all right, and if no difficulties arise
from the outside, and I hope they will not, we at home will get
along very well. As for me, I do not feel strange in the
company... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 July 1882)
...
Ever yours,
Vincent
Please remember the thick Ingres if you can, enclosed
is another sample. I still have a supply of the thin kind. I
can do watercolour washes on the thick Ingres, but on
the sans fin, for instance, it always goes blurry, by no fault
of mine.
I hope that by keeping hard at it I shall draw the
little cradle another hundred times, besides what I did
today.
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(26 July 1882)
... you come, you will see it for yourself.
This evening I made the rounds of all the shops, looking for
the thick Ingres paper, but had no luck. They have the thin
kind, but not the thick or “double.” Some time ago
I bought out all of Stam's supply, and since it had been in
stock for some time, it had turned a fine colour. When you
come, do try to bring some for me. And if you cannot get it,
ask for papier de la forme, which is cream coloured,
strong, and one can wash on it. I also think it is much cheaper
than Harding or Whatman, so that in the long run it saves a
great deal.
When you come, I know a few beautiful paths through the
meadows where it is so quiet and restful that I am sure you
will like it. There I discovered old and new labourers'
cottages and other houses that are characteristic, with little
gardens by the water's edge, very cosy. I will go and draw
there early tomorrow morning. It is a road which runs through
the meadows of the Schenkweg to... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 August 1882)
... look like a kind of comfortable barge.
Yesterday afternoon I was in the attic of the wholesale
paper firm of Smulders on the Laan. There I found - can you
guess? - the double Ingres, under the name of Torchon paper;
the grain is even coarser than in yours. I'm enclosing a sample
to show you. There is a whole stock of it, old and yellowed,
very good. I took only half a quire now, but I can always get
more later on. I went there to buy something else, the
so-called honey paper which I use now and then. Very cheap,
originally an undelivered Land Registry order. It is very
suitable for charcoal drawing, and comes in large sheets about
the same colour as the Harding.
You can see this sample has a grain as rough as a piece of
canvas, what you brought has a prettier colour and is
delightful, for studies of banks and ditches or soil, for
instance. But I am very glad I discovered this new kind,
too.
Well, boy, thanks for everything, a handshake in thought.
I'm back to work again.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 6-8 November 1882)
... as that which Buhot mentioned to you.
Meanwhile, I long very much to compare the paper of the Vie
Moderne with that which I bought from Smulders. S.'s is very
expensive, 1.75 guilders a sheet, but it is pleasant to work
on.
You see, I scratched this sheet as simply as possible. I
shall be quite satisfied if there is something in it which
reminds you of the old lithographs from the period when there
was in general more enthusiasm for this branch of art than
there is now.
I can get a hundred prints for 5 guilders, and for a little
more the stone becomes my property.
Is this worth while, do you think? I should love to make
more of them. For instance, a series of about thirty
figures.
But in the matter of printing, I must first know your
opinion.
But this is what I should like: if we could show, without a
third party's intermediary, a series of about thirty pages, not
too elaborate, but vigorously done, which we had got printed at
our own expense. This... |
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