LondonLondon - is the capital city of England and the Great Britain. Starting from the 19th century the name "London" denotes not only the historical City of London, but the whole metropolitan aglomeration that has grown around ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Jan. 1874

My dear Theo,

Many thanks for your letter. My warm good wishes for a very happy New YearNew Year - in many countries it is an annual national holiday celebrating the end of one year and the beginning of the another one. It is celebrated virtually worldwide on the 31st of December, and the 1st of January...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>. I know you are doing well at The HagueThe Hague (Dutch: Den Haag). The Hague is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands and it is the capital of South Holland province. It is also one of the five constituent parts of the Randstad metropolitan area - the other being ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, because Mr. Tersteeg told me so. I can see from your letter that you are taking a keen interest in art, and that’s a good thing, old fellow. I’m glad you like MilletJean-François Millet (October, 4, 1814 – January, 20, 1875) - a French realist painter and sculptor, one of the main members of the so-called Barbizon school, noted for his views of rural life...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, JacqueCharles-Emile Jacque (May, 23, 1813 - May, 7, 1894) - a French painter, member of the so-called Barbizon school, most famous for his paintings and engravings of animals and rural life...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, SchreyerAdolf Schreyer (July, 9, 1828 – July, 29, 1899) - a German painter. He studied painting in his native Frankfurt-am-Main, Stuttgart and Munich. Schreyer is best known as a battle-scene painter and is famed for his masterful depictions of horses and peasant life in Southern Europe...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, LambinetÉmile Lambinet (1813 - 1877) - a French painter. He studied painting under the tutorship of Horace Vernet and Camile Corot. His cousin Victor signed away the hotel Lambinet to the native town...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Frans HalsFrans Hals (1580, Antwerp - 1666, Haarlem) - a Dutch painter most famous for his portraits, especially his innovative techniques in painting group portraits. Apart from that he is hugely praised for his loose brushwork in which context he is considered to be the precursor of the Impressionists...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, etc., for as Mauve says, “That’s it.” That painting by MilletJean-François Millet (October, 4, 1814 – January, 20, 1875) - a French realist painter and sculptor, one of the main members of the so-called Barbizon school, noted for his views of rural life...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, L’angelusL’angelus du soir (Angel in the evening), or The Angelus - a painting by French painter Jean Francois Millet finished in 1859 and now being exhibited at Louvre in Paris. It depicts French peasants praying in the field. It was first exhibited in 1865 and later became one of the most celebrated paintings of the century.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> du soir, “that’s it,” indeed – that’s magnificent, that’s poetry. How I wish I could have another talk with you about art; but we’ll just have to keep writing to each other about it. Admire as much as you can; most people don’t admire enough.

Here are the names of a few the painters I particularly like. Scheffer, Delaroche, HebertAntoine Auguste Ernest Hebert (November, 3, 1817, Grenoble - December, 5, 1908, La Tronche) - a French painter referred to as one of the representatives of the Romanticism. Among his most famous works are the following: "Malaria" (d'Orsay Museum collection), "Ten Odalisques contemplating over Bosphorus" (1843), "Portrait of Leon Laurent-Pichat".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, HamonJean-Louis Hamon (May, 5, 1821, Plouha – May, 29, 1874, Saint-Raphael) - a French painter. He studied for some time under the tutorship of such Paris-based painters as Delaroche and Gleyre; his fame is basically rested upon the following works: "The Human Comedy" (1852), "Fifteen Minutes of Rabelais", "Old China Shop" (1860), "Night" (1868).
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, LeysHenri Leys (February, 18, 1815, Antwerp – August, 25, 1869, Antwerp) - a Belgian painter and etcher. His full name is Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys. He is not counted as an original painter, rather an imitative one, working in different easily detectable trends: Romanticism, Dutch painters, German art. Among his most famous works are the following.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, TissotJames Jacques Joseph Tissot (October, 15, 1836 – August, 8, 1902) was a French artist. Throughout his career he practised in painting charming women, drawing caricatures (for "Vanity Fair" magazine), writing portraits and genre pictures...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, LagyeVictor Lagye (Ghent, 1825 - Antwerp, 1896) was a Belgian artist, got famous as genre painter and author of historical pictures. Besides, he is known for his paintings of buildings. He made quite a successful career: from "Prix de Rome" in 1843 to post of the Director of National Academy of Fine Arts in 1897.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, BoughtonGeorge Henry Boughton (1834 Norwich - January 19, 1905 London) was an Anglo-American artist. He was born in Norwich, England, spent his childhood in Albany, New York, USA, studied art in Paris under Edouard Frere and Edouard May and based ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, MillaisJohn Everett Millais (June, 8, 1829 - August, 13, 1896) was an English painter and printmaker. His most prominent works are "Ophelia" (1852), "A Huguenot" (1852)...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Thijs [Matthijs] Mans, De GrouxCharles-Auguste-Corneille De Groux (August, 4, 1825 - March, 30, 1870) - a Belgian painter and etcher most distinguished for his masterful composition and depictions of historical subjects...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, De BraekeleerDe Braekeleer, Dutch family of artists - Ferdinand de Braekeleer (February, 12, 1792 - May, 16, 1883) and his son Henri Jean Augustin de Braekeleer (June, 11, 1840–July, 20, 1888)...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Jr., MilletJean-François Millet (October, 4, 1814 – January, 20, 1875) - a French realist painter and sculptor, one of the main members of the so-called Barbizon school, noted for his views of rural life...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Jules BretonJules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton (May, 1, 1827, Courrieres – July, 5, 1906, Paris) - a French painter of Realist movement most famous for his classical depictions of countryside and rural life, he enjoyed an enormous popularity at the end of the 19th century on both sides of the Atlantic...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Feyen-PerrinFrancois-Nicolas-Augustin Feyen-Perrin (April, 12, 1826, Bey-sur-Seille - October, 14, 1888, Paris) - a French painter and printmaker most famous for his highly acclaimed land- and seascapes and portraits...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Eugene FeyenJacques-Eugene Feyen (1815-1908) - a French genre painter. He was the younger brother of French painter Auguste Feyen. He was the pupil of painter Paul Delaroche at the Academy of Fine Arts...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, BrionGustave Brion (October, 24, 1824, Rothau - November, 5, 1877, Paris) - a French painter and illustrator of Realist movement highly acclaimed for his genre paintings. He studied under the tutorship of Strasbourg-based painter Gabriel-Christophe Gurin (1790-1846)...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, JundtGustave Adolphe Jundt (1830-1884) was a French artist. He got famous as the author of illustrations, landscapes, portraits and genre paintings.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, George SaalGeorg Eduard Otto Saal (1818-1870) was a prolific German painter of the 19th century. He started as an architecture painer and then proceeded on mainly as a landscape painter, but he also made some portrait and genre scenes...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, IsraelsJozef Israels (January, 27, 1824, Groningen - August, 12, 1911, Scheveningen) - a Dutch painter and etcher, one of the most prominent artists of the Netherlands in 19th century. ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, AnkerAlbert Samuel Anker (April, 1, 1831 - July, 16, 1910) - a Swiss painter and illustrator. His first teacher became Louis Wallinger, later on after abandoning theological education and immersing himself into...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, KnausLudwig Knaus (1829, Wiesbaden - 1910, Berlin) - a German painter, member of Dusseldorf school. He studied under the tutorship of Dusseldorf-based painters Sohn and Schadow and Paris-based artist Couture. At the end of his life he got the post of professor at the Academy in Berlin...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, VautierMarc Louis Benjamin Vautier (April, 4, 1829, Morges - April, 25, 1898, Dusseldorf) - a Swiss painter, member of the German "Malkasten" (literal translation from German - paint box) artist group and he is most famous as a prolific and influential genre painter...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, JourdanAdolphe Jourdan (1825 - 1889) - a French painter. Among his most famous works are the following: "The Birth of Venus" (1864), "Mother and child", "Maternal affection", "Secrets of love", "A Summer's Picnic", "Innocence", "The Flowerseller".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Jalabert, AntignaJean Pierre Alexandre Antigna (March, 7, 1817, Orleans – February, 26, 1878, Paris) - a French Realist and Naturalist painter. He was a pupil of Orleans-based painter Francois Salmon, Paris-based Sebastien la Gourdaine and Paul Delaroche. Among his famous works are the following: "Corpus Christi Day" (1855), “The Fire” (1851), "Scene D Atelier".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Compte-CalixFrancois-Claudius Compte-Calix (August, 27, 1813 - July, 29, 1880) - a French painter most famous for his genre scenes, historical paintings and portraits. He was also a distinguished etcher and enjoyed a huge popularity as a illustrator...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, RochussenCharles Rochussen (August, 1, 1814 - September, 22, 1894) - a Dutch painter, etcher and illustrator most famous for his landscapes and genre scenes. He studied under the tutorship of such...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, MeissonierJean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (February, 21, 1815, Lyon – January, 31, 1891) - a French painter, etcher and sculptor, leading representative of Classicist movement in France and most famous for his paintings of Napoleon III-related subjects...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, ZamacoisEduardo Zamacois y Zabala (1841, Bilbao - 1871, Madrid) - a Spanish painter most famous for his classicist and anti-religious works. He studied under the tutorship of Madrazo in Madrid and Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier in Paris...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, MadrazoFederico de Madrazo y Kuntz (February, 12, 1815, Rome – June, 11, 1894) - a Spanish painter, son of Madrazo y Agudo. He studied under his father and Franz Winterhalter in Paris...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Ziem, Boudin, GeromeJean-Leon Gerome (May, 11, 1824, Vesoul – January, 10, 1904, Paris) - a French painter and sculptor, the most vivid representative of the Academic painting tradition. His works include wide range of subjects starting from mythology and history and ending with portraits and East...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, FromentinEugene Fromentin (October, 24, 1820 – August, 27, 1876) - a French painter and writer most famous for his depiction of life of Algeria. He studied under the tutorship of Louis Cabat....
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, de TournemineCharles de Tournemine (1812 - 1872) - a French painter, of naturalist movement. Among his works are: "African elephants", "Arabs marching out of town", "Cafe in Adalia" (1856).
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, PasiniAlberto Pasini (September, 3, 1826 - December, 15, 1899) - an Italian painter most famous for his depictions of Turkey, Constantinople, Middle East - places which travelled and worked in. Among his works are: "An Arab Caravan", "At the Well", "The Fruitmarket", "Circassian Knights Waiting for Their Leader", "An Arab Encampment", "Rest at the Mosque".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, DecampsAlexandre-Gabriel Decamps (March, 3, 1803 – August, 22, 1860) - a French painter most famous for his Oriental paintings, in which he depicted life and nature of the East without embellishments...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, BoningtonRichard Parkes Bonington (October, 25, 1802 - September, 23, 1828) - an English painter, engraver, illustrator of Romanticism movement mainly famous for his landscapes. He studied under the tutorship of François Louis Thomas Francia. Among his works are: "Normandy" (1823), "View of the Lagoon Near Venice" (1827).
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, DiazNarcisse Virgilio Di'az de la Pen~a (August 25, 1807–November 18, 1876) was an artist from France. He was in born in Bordeaux to a Spanish family. He experienced a dreadful injury...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Th. RousseauPierre Eienne Thedore Rousseau (April, 15, 1812 - December, 22, 1867) - a French landscape painter and engraver, a founder of so-called Barbizon school. He is considered to be a Realist...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, TroyonConstant Troyon (August, 28, 1810 - February, 21, 1865) - a French painter, of the Barbizon school circle, mostly known for his masterful animal depictions. He studied under Camille Roqueplan and Alfred Riocreux...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, DupreJules Dupre(April, 5, 1811–October, 6, 1889) - a French painter, one of the main representatives of the Barbizon school. Among his famous works are: "Cows at water", "Morning and Evening", "Crossing the Bridge".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Paul HuetPaul Huet (1803 - 1869) - a French landscape painter, of Romanticism movement. Among his chief works are: "Trees in the Park at Saint-Cloud" (1820), "Light breaking through clouds", "Sunset over the sea", "A Bridge over the Touques near Trouville", "Hunter in the Forest of Fontainebleau".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, CorotJean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (July, 17, 1796 - February, 22, 1875) was a famous French painter and engraver, master of landscapes and etchings, a main figure of so called Barbizon school. He proved to be a huge influence on the next generations ....
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, JacqueCharles-Emile Jacque (May, 23, 1813 - May, 7, 1894) - a French painter, member of the so-called Barbizon school, most famous for his paintings and engravings of animals and rural life...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Otto WeberCarl Emil Otto Weber (Berlin, 1832-London, 1888) was a 19-century painter and etcher. He was born in Berlin, studied arts in Paris and in Berlin, and began his artist career ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, DaubignyCharles-Francois Daubigny (February, 15, 1817 - February, 19, 1878) was a French artist. He was one of the members of the Barbizon school. He is most famous for his numerous thoroughly ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, WahlbergAlfred Wahlberg (1834 - 1906) - a Swedish painter. Among his chief works are: "A moonlit river landscape with a figure", "Coastal village by moonlight", "View of Kronenberg castle at sunset".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Bernier George Bernier (1862 - 1918) - a Belgian painter. He studied under van Alphen in Brussels. He is famous for his landscapes and - much more - for his depiction of animals; he even finished the veterinarian school in order to get the knowledge of anatomy of animals. Among his works are: "Landscape with cows", "Red Path: Steeple-chaser".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Emile BretonJules Adolphe Aime Louis Breton (May, 1, 1827, Courrieres – July, 5, 1906, Paris) - a French painter of Realist movement most famous for his classical depictions of countryside and rural life, he enjoyed an enormous popularity at the end of the 19th century on both sides of the Atlantic...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, ChenuAugustin-Pierre-Bienvenu Chenu (May, 12, 1833 - May, 9, 1875) - a French painter. He studied under M.-P. Genod, C. Bonnefond and J.-B.L. Guy. He became famous as a landscape, genre and animal painter. Among his works are: "In front of the cooper's shop on a wintry day", "Snowy Day" (1871), "Young Lady sitting under the sun".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Cesar de CockCesar de Cock (July, 23, 1823, Ghent - July, 16, 1904) - a Belgian painter. Among his works: "A pond", "A Girl In The Shades", "The Watermill" (1873).
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Mile. CollartMarie Henrotin Collart (1842, Brussels - 1911) - a Belgian painter most famous for her animal paintings and idyllic landscapes. She studied under the tutorship of Alfred Stevens, Alfred Verwue, L. Chabry. Among her works are: "Cattle in Landscape", "Sheep grazing in a pasture", "Cows", "Snow".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, BodmerKarl Bodmer (February, 6, 1809 – October, 30, 1893) - a Swiss painter who is most famous for his paintings depicting American West which he made while travelling down the Missouri River with German explorer M. zu Wied-Neuwied...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, KoekkoekBarend Cornelis Koekkoek (October, 11, 1803, Middelburg - April, 5, 1862, Kleve) - a Dutch painter most famous for his landscapes - he was even referred to as "The Prince of Landscapes". He studied under Abraham Krayestein...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, SchelfhoutAndreas Schelfhout (February, 16, 1787, The Hague – April, 19, 1870, The Hague) - a Dutch painter and etcher, of Romantic movement, most famous for his landscapes. Among his works: "Winter Landscape with a mill" (1834), "A Winter Landscape With Skaters On A Frozen Waterway", "frozen canal near castle, sun".
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, Weissenbruch, and last [but] not least, MarisThe Maris brothers - Jacob (August, 25, 1837 - August, 7, 1899), Willem Maris (February, 18, 1844 - October, 10, 1910) and Matthijs, or Thijs (August, 17, 1839 - August, 22, 1917) - Dutch painters...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> and Mauve.

But I could carry on like that for I don't know how long, and then there are still all the old masters, and I am sure I have forgotten some of the best of the modern ones.

Do go on doing a lot of walking and keep up your love of nature, for that is the right way to understand art better and better. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see.

And then there are painters who never do anything that is no good, who cannot do anything bad, just as there are ordinary people who can do nothing but good.

I’m getting on very well here. I’ve got a delightful home and I’m finding it very pleasurable taking a look at LondonLondon - is the capital city of England and the Great Britain. Starting from the 19th century the name "London" denotes not only the historical City of London, but the whole metropolitan aglomeration that has grown around ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> and the English way of life and the English people themselves, and then I’ve got nature and art and poetry, and if that isn’t enough, what is? But I haven’t forgotten HollandHolland, another name of the Netherlands - a country in Northwestern Europe, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy with capital in Amsterdam and main administrative centre in The Hague. People and language of the country ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> and especially not The HagueThe Hague (Dutch: Den Haag). The Hague is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands and it is the capital of South Holland province. It is also one of the five constituent parts of the Randstad metropolitan area - the other being ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> and Brabant.

We are busy at the office doing stocktakingStocktaking - a revision of materials or goods of a company; inventory.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, but it will all be over in 5 days, we got off more lightly than you did in The HagueThe Hague (Dutch: Den Haag). The Hague is one of the largest cities in the Netherlands and it is the capital of South Holland province. It is also one of the five constituent parts of the Randstad metropolitan area - the other being ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>.

I hope that, like me, you had a happy ChristmasChristmas - is a yearly religious holiday solemnizing the birth of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on December, 25 in Catholic countries and on January, 7 in Greek Orthodox countries...
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And so, my boy, best wishes and write to me soon, Je t’ecris un peu au hasard ce qui me vient dans ma plume [ I have written to you in this manner just as it came into my pen], I hope you’ll be able to make something of it.

Goodbye, regards to everybody at work and to anybody else who asks after me, especially everybody at Aunt Fie’s and at the Haanebeeks’.

Vincent

I am enclosing a few lines for Mr. Roos.

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