van Gogh's letters - unabridged and annotated
 
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Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(April 1875)
... Dear Theo, Enclosed is a little drawing. I made it last Sunday, the morning when my landlady's little daughter died; she was thirteen years old. It is a view of Streatham Common, a large grassy plain with oak trees and gorse. It had been raining overnight;...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(19 June 1875)
... as well. I will pay for the trip. You will certainly not forget her, or her death, but it is better to keep that to yourself. It is one of those things that, as time goes by, we “are sorrowful but always rejoicing”; that is what we have...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(1 September 1875)
... Paris, 1 st September 1875 Dear Theo,
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(18 August 1876)
... the whole household was in mourning. I was happy to have come, but confused, truly upset by the spectacle of a pain so great and so venerable. “Blessed are they that mourn, blessed are they that sorrow, but always rejoice, blessed are the pure...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(8 April 1877)
... nights, and had been with him to the last. His passing was peaceful. I shall never forget that noble head lying on the pillow: the face showed signs of suffering, but wore an expression of peace and a certain holiness. Oh! It was so beautiful, to me it was characteristic...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(30 May 1877)
... faith one can go on for a long time. When I found myself in front of the corpse of Aerssen the calmness and dignity and solemn silence of death contrasted with us, who still live, to such an extent, that we all felt the truth Of what his daughter said with...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(27 July 1877)
... parlour - he was such a pretty little boy. The sorrow was great; he had been the light of the house, as it were, and the light had now been extinguished. Though rough people express their sorrow crudely and without dignity, like this mother, one still feels deeply...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(3 March 1878)
... touches us more deeply than one realizes. It must be good to die in the knowledge that one has done some truthful work and to know that, as a result, one will live on in the memory of at least a few and leave a good example for those who come after. A work that...
Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh
(15 November 1878)
... bleak day, gloomy and dark weather. It is a sad and very melancholy scene, which must strike everyone who knows and feels that we also have to pass one day through the valley of the shadow of death, and “que la fin de la vie humaine, ce sont des larmes...

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