Vincent van Gogh to his brother Theo, January 1874:
Admire as much as you can, most people don’t admire enough.This book is the latest fare for our household’s two-person Four Seasons Reading Club. We bought one copy and borrowed another after seeing the Art Institute’s new exhibition Van Gogh’s Bedrooms.
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh , ed. Ronald de Leeuw, trans. Arnold Pomerans (New York: Penguin, 1997).
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I always thought Theo's letters (and support) for his brother (and his art) were very touching. Knowing a few families dealing with a member who is mentally ill gives a window on what it must have been in that day and age.
Yes. I was just thinking about what it must have been to be the recipient of these early letters. Theo must have been a deeply patient man. Vincent is more or less caught up in religious fervor, endlessly sermonizing, with occasional references to painters and some very painterly descriptions of landscapes.
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