Vincent Van Gogh

Van Gogh on Art and Artists

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&quote;In a picture I want to say something comforting as music is comforting,&quote; Vincent van Gogh confided to his friend and fellow artist, Emile Bernard. &quote;I want to paint men and women with that something of the eternal which the halo used to symbolize and which we seek to give by the actual radiance and vibration of our colorings.&quote; Written in the years 1887 to 1889, these letters are among the most important and relevant sources of insight into van Gogh's life and art. Apart from their fascinating content, they are among the most sensitive and perceptive studies ever published about the man and the artist.On his decision to make the letters public, Barnard commented, &quote;After reading them one could not doubt his [van Gogh's] sincerity, his character, nor his originality; there, pulsating with life, one would find the whole of him.&quote; Indeed, these 23 letters, eloquently translated into English, radiate with their author's impulsiveness, intensity, and mysticism. In one van Gogh admits: &quote;I can't disguise from you the fact that I like the country, having been brought up there — floods of memories of the past, aspirations towards that infinity, of which the sower and the sheaves are symbols, enchant me now as then. But I wonder when I'll get my starry sky done, a picture which haunts me always.&quote; Complemented by handsome black-and-white reproductions of some of van Gogh's major paintings and facsimiles from his letters, this volume is essential reading for scholars and students of art and will be treasured by artists and art lovers alike.
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2013
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  • Haydar Anwar Rezahas quoted5 years ago
    Perhaps these great geniuses are after all only madmen, and perhaps one must be mad oneself to have such boundless faith in and admiration for them.

    If that were the case, I would prefer my madness to the rest of the world’s sanity.
  • Haydar Anwar Rezahas quoted5 years ago
    However, all we really know is that we are painters living a real life and that we must go on drawing breath as long as we have breath to draw
  • Haydar Anwar Rezahas quoted5 years ago
    You’ll lose your melancholy, which may very well come from your having too little blood, or being in poor condition, which, however, I don’t really believe.

    It’s the blasted foul wine of Paris and the filthy fat of the beef-steaks which do it. I had reached a state where my blood had given up functioning, it literally wasn’t functioning at all. Anyway after only four weeks here it began to work again: but during just that time, my friend, I had a fit of depression like yours, from which I should surely have suffered as much, had I not welcomed it with pleasure, as a sure sign that I would get better—which in fact actually happened.

    So stay in the country instead of going back to Paris, for you’ll need all your strength to come through the trials of your trip to Africa properly. And the more blood, good blood, you have beforehand, the better for you, because it’s probably difficult to get in condition down there in the heat.

    Painting and making love aren’t compatible, it saps the brain, that’s what’s such a bore.

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