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Paul Gauguin – letters to Émile Bernard

Paul Gauguin – letters to Émile Bernard.

[Arles, November 1888]

Dear Bernard,

I forgot your father's letter and you must have understood none of it. But this time you will learn about everything. I hope, that no …

Vincent Van Gogh – curriculum vitae

VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853—1890)

Born in Groot-Zundert in the Netherlands. He was the son of a pastor. He studied theology, then he carried out a missionary activity among miners in Brabant. He chose the profession of a painter when he was years old 27.

The artistic creativity of van Gogh closes in the years 1880—1890. For the first six …

Vincent Van Gogh – Letters to Emil Bernard

Vincent Van Gogh – Letters to Emil Bernard.

[Arles, second half of June 1888 r.]

Dear colleague Bernard⁸,

I am more and more convinced, that the pictures, which should be painted, so that contemporary painting becomes completely itself and is raised to the level …

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Vincent Van Gogh – A letter to sister Wilhemina

Vincent Van Gogh – A letter to sister Wilhemina.

[Arles, probably .8 September 1888 r]
[…] I have just finished a canvas showing the interior of a night cafe illuminated by lamps. A few poor night vagrants are sleeping in a corner. The room is painted red, green in the center under the gas lamp …