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| Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(7 July 1882)
... just adding a few words to last night's letter. And I
can tell you that I have been to see the doctor at the
hospital, who told me that as I had been fairly well these
days, I need not come back unless I should happen to get worse.
The fact that during these days I have been able to pass water
freely, although not quite normally and painlessly yet, proves
that I am on the road to recovery.
This afternoon I at once sent a drawing to the doctor who
treated me - not the superintendent - to show my gratitude. It
was a Scheveningen girl knitting , done at
Mauve's studio, and really the best watercolour I had,
especially since Mauve had put in some touches, and had watched
me do it and called some details to my attention. I should have
liked to keep it as a souvenir, but in the delight of recovery
I felt the need to show my gratitude.
Today I received a letter from Father and Mother, and wrote
them as soon as I heard that I needn't go back to the
hospital.
Now I should... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(15-16 July 1882)
... should lead a regular and quiet life.
Passing water had improved a good deal, until some
particularly cold and wet days influenced me more or less
unfavorably. For a number of days the jet was vigorous again
when passing water, and practically back to normal. Although
right now this is no longer the case, yet I think it is a sign
of improvement, and should the weather stay dry and fine, as it
is today, things will improve even more quickly.
When she left, not only the nurse on her ward, but the head
nurse herself came to say goodbye to her. I was present and
thanked her, as I had three letters from her when Sien was not
allowed to write. She stood talking with us for some time.
Fortunately, it was quite warm fine weather and the journey
came off all right. Sien's mother and her little girl had come
to the Schenkweg and were waiting for us there. It was indeed a
delightful homecoming, and Sien was in high spirits about
everything, especially about the cradle, about the easy... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 July 1882)
... heard Tersteeg talk, and so did
I.
I saw the doctor again, and he gave me some medicine to
hasten my recovery as much as possible. I am getting stronger
and the fever is slowly going away.
Now, because of Tersteeg, I should like to send my letter to
Father and Mother a little sooner, though I should have
preferred to wait until later. As soon as you have sent the
money, about the twentieth, I shall write home, but I would
much rather have waited until they had moved and Sien had quite
recovered. And even now I should much rather wait, but I am
afraid Tersteeg will beat me to it. Sending Father the money
for the journey is a proof of my good will, I think, and a
little attention which I hope will make them understand that I
appreciate them.
So write soon, and if this might bind us more firmly
together, brother, and cause us to understand each other better
and have more confidence in each other instead of being
separated by Tersteeg's interference, or anyone else's,... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(21 July 1882)
... that we are not far away from each other.
Today I promised myself something, that is, to treat my
illness, or rather what remains of it, as if it didn't exist.
Enough time has been lost, work must go on. So, well or not
well, I am going back to drawing regularly from morning until
night. I don't want anybody to be able to say to me again,
“Oh! but those are only old drawings.”
I drew a study today of the baby's little cradle with a few
touches of colour in it. I am also at work on one like one of
those meadows I sent you recently.
My hands have become a little too white for my liking, but
that's too bad. I'm going to go back outdoors again, a possible
relapse matters less to me than staying away from work any
longer.
Art is jealous, she does not like taking second place to an
illness. Hence I shall humour her. So you will, I hope, be
receiving a few more reasonably acceptable things shortly.
People like me really should not be ill. I would... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(26 July 1882)
... How he
painted those Halles!
My health is pretty good, but I still feel the effect of my
illness and will continue to for a pretty long time. Sien and
the baby are well and are getting stronger, and I love them
both.
Someday I must do the cradle in watercolour (when it is
rainy and I cannot work outside). But for the rest I want to
show you landscape watercolours when you come. I hope to do
figure watercolours this winter after I have been here a year.
First I shall have to draw more from the nude, and more in
black and white too, I think. We shall talk all that over, and
I am sure that your visit will contribute much toward keeping
things in order and making the work go smoothly.
Adieu, with a handshake,
Yours sincerely, Vincent
By going quietly on with my work I have every hope of
eventually getting an entirely new circle of acquaintances to
compensate for the loss of the sympathy of Mauve, Tersteeg and
others; but I will make no step toward it,... |
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