Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(14 October 1888)
... what I
have done in figure painting.
I have been and still am nearly half-dead from the past
week's work. I cannot do any more yet, and besides, there is a
very violent mistral that raises clouds of dust which whiten
the trees on the plain from top to bottom.... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(28 October 1888)
... have you done anything in
Brussels?
My brain is still feeling tired and dried up, but this week
I am feeling better than during the previous fortnight.
What Gauguin tells of the tropics seems marvellous to me.
Surely the future of a great renaissance... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 January 1889)
... I have explained it all clearly enough, I hope. I am
still very weak, and I shall have difficulty in getting my
strength back if the cold continues. Rey will give me quinine
wine, which will have the right effect, I think.
I still have a lot to tell... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 February 1889)
... My dear Theo,
I should have preferred to reply at once to your kind letter
containing the 100 francs, but since at that precise moment I
was very tired and the doctor had given me strict instructions
to go out for walks and make no mental exertion, I haven't
... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 9 June 1889)
... which reached me in good condition.
I was very glad of them, for I was feeling a little low
after working. Also I have been out for several days, working
in the neighborhood.
Your last letter, if I remember correctly, was dated May 21.
I have... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(2 May 1890)
... letters,
and also the letters from home, and that has done me an
enormous amount of good in giving me back a little energy, or
rather a little desire to climb again out of the present state
of prostration I am in. Thank you very much for the etchings -
... |
