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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 May 1877)
... I am not, after all, making a collection.
Yesterday Uncle Cor sent me a batch of old paper, like the
sheet I'm using to write to you, won't it be wonderful for
working on? There's a lot of work to do already and it isn't
easy, but with steadfastness one... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(5 August 1879)
... which is almost half full already.
In Brussels I bought from a Jewish book dealer another big
sketchbook of old Dutch paper.
Shall I see you? How welcome you would be. I promise you
Dickens's Les Temps Difficiles if you will come to fetch it;
otherwise... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(July 1881)
... for you to carry,
bring some with you then. I mean, white Ingres paper. I
bought some of it from Brussels and worked on it with pleasure,
and it is very well suited to pen drawing, especially for a
reed pen. Now I have been without it for quite a time, and... |
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(c. 12 October 1881)
... trying to get a
horse and a donkey.
That thick Ingres paper I mentioned is especially good for
painting in watercolour, and it is much cheaper than any other.
Still, I am not in a hurry for it because I brought a supply
from The Hague, but alas, it's plain... | Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(12-15 October 1881)
... day or so, I am
replying right away.
I'm so glad you've sent the Ingres paper. I've still got
some left, but not the right colour.
I was happy to hear what Mr. Tersteeg said about my
drawings, and certainly no less glad that you saw progress
... | 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... |
