5/31/2023 0 Comments The letters of vincent van gogh![]() ![]() “You know the fireflies in Brazil that are so luminous that in the evening ladies stick them into their hair with pins. And his belief, despite a lack of commercial success, that he was in fact a great artist. ![]() The letters document Vincent’s turbulent emotional life, his wide and deep reading, his artistic development. He wrote an estimated 2000 letters in his short life, more than 600 to his brother Theo, an art dealer in Paris, who often supported Vincent financially, and carefully preserved their correspondence. But to know the paintings and drawings is to know only one aspect of his genius. His paintings appear not only on museum walls, but on tee shirts, coffee mugs and posters around the world. ![]() No artist is held in higher esteem than Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh. presents Dear Theo: The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh at Arts + Literature Laboratory on Thursday, April 13 at 7:30pm. ![]()
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