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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 11 March 1882)
... I am a drudge or a
plodding draft ox.
Do not forget the Ingres paper when you come. It is
especially the thick kind that I like to use and which I
think must also be good for studies in watercolour.
Believe me, in art matters the saying, “Honesty... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(early April 1882)
... handshake
Yours sincerely, Vincent
My thanks for the package of splendid Ingres paper and for
the studies. Perhaps someday when people begin to say that I
can draw a little but not paint, I shall suddenly come out with
a picture at a moment when... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3-12 May 1882)
... sure you will
see this for yourself.
The paper I should really like best is that on which the
female figure bending forward is drawn ,
but if possible the colour of unbleached linen. I
don't have any of it left in that thickness. I believe
they... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(4 July 1882)
... sympathy for Sien, as she deserves it.
Another thing…do you think you could get some more of
that Ingres paper as thick as the enclosed sample, but with a
little more tone? If so, bring it along when you come, together
with those of my sketches... | 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... | 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,... |
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... | 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... | 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... |
