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Letters From Vincent
Vincent van Gogh, Letters to Theo van Gogh
Epigram Literary Guild@epigram_editorial•2 min read
A Life in Letters1 / 3
Vincent van Gogh wrote hundreds of letters, most of them to his younger brother Theo, an art dealer in Paris who supported him financially for years. They form one of the most intimate records of an artist’s life we have.
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Behind many lonely achievements stands someone who kept believing.
Thinking Out Loud2 / 3
In the letters Vincent describes what he sees, the colours he wants to try, the books he is reading and the doubts that trouble him. They show a painter learning in public, one canvas and one failure at a time.
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Writing about your work is a way of understanding it.
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