Margot thankfully survived, but it did mean the end of their relationship: she moved to live with a doctor she knew in Utrecht, and Vincent eventually moved to Antwerp. It had a huge impact on him, and he had to get it off his chest. Vincent described what happened next in detail to his brother. He became an assistant with an international firm of art-dealers and in 1881 he went to Brussels to study art.
‘I was suddenly suspicious and said - have you taken something by any chance? She screamed “Yes!”’. Vincent Willem van Gogh (1853-1890) was born in Holland. She was desperate, because her family disapproved of her relationship with Vincent. Margot attempted suicide by taking poison. Margot Begemann was Vincent’s 12-year-older neighbour. ‘Something has happened, Theo, which most of the people here know or suspect nothing about - nor may ever know, so keep as silent as the grave about it - but which is terrible. In September 1884, Vincent shared something that needed to stay a secret.
That was uncommon as in the 19th century, most people avoided writing about anything too personal. Van Gogh's tender and often ebullient letters provide a sharp contrast to the devastating and frequently violent mental breakdowns that plagued and eventually destroyed him.Ĭollected and edited by art historian Mark Roskill, this volume also includes a chronology, a short memoir by van Gogh's sister-in-law that fills in many of the blanks of Vincent's early years, and reproductions of selected artwork discussed in van Gogh's letters.Īn epistolary classic, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh is not just an important historical collection but also a captivating treasure.Vincent and Theo trusted each other deeply, they even wrote to each other about intimate matters. Also documented are Vincent's close relationships with fellow artists, especially Paul Gauguin. The letters expose Vincent's creative process his joy and inspiration derived from literature, Japanese art, and nature as well as his many romantic disappointments and constant poverty. This collection of letters, arranged in chronological order and written to Vincent's closest confidant, his brother and art dealer, Theo, provide a riveting narrative of van Gogh's life. Though Vincent van Gogh is often thought of as a mad genius, in The Letters of Vincent van Gogh the thoughtful, effervescent, and sensitive man is revealed to readers through his own voice. A literary classic, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Captures the voice of one of the most beloved and important artists of all time.
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