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 (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...