AmsterdamAmsterdam - is the capital of the Netherlands. With population over 1 300 000 people and area about 1 thousand km2 has the status of the largest Dutch city. It is one of the four main parts of the Randstad metropolitan area - the other three being ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>, 9 January 1878

Dear Theo,

I am so anxious to know if you are feeling better that I am writing at once to beg you to send at least a postcard, to let me know whether you are all right again.

I arrived here safe and sound on Monday night. Tuesday morning, I began my lessons again. I intend to do the exercises I have already done all over again – at least as much as I have time for in addition to my other work. FatherFather - Vincent's father was Theodorus van Gogh (8 February, 1822 - 26 March, 1855), a priest of the Reformed Church of the Netherlands. He studied theology in Utrecht and in 1849 became a preacher in Groot Zundert village, where he was ...
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> advised this, for once one is well grounded in grammar and the verbs, translation comes easier. I shall find time for it as soon as the sun rises earlier and it is less cold, so that I can begin early. If one works from early morning until late at night, one can accomplish a great deal in a few months, and so I hope to be ready for the examination by October.

I saw a great many fine drawings at Uncle Cor’s, also a new and very clever one by 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 >>, “A Soriee of Diplomats.” Tonight Mauve is showing his drawings in Arti.¹ I should have liked to go there, but probably I saw most of the drawings when we spent that evening at his house. Uncle Cor also had a very pretty picture by Valkenburg, “Interior of a Homestead,” with four little figures.

I will hang those prints you gave me, “Le Four” [The Oven], by 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 >>, and “The Road to RijswijkRijswijk is a The Hague suburb with total area about 14 km2 and population approximately of 50 thousand people. It is considered to be founded in 13th century.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >>” by Weissenbruch, in my room.

I’m sorry that I did not take a later train from 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 >> – we could have been together a little longer – but now I hope to see you again in the spring when you go on your business trip. It is very cold here these days, and this morning everything was covered with snow. I am glad Uncle Vincent has gone abroad – he will be in Paris tonight. When you see Mauve, remember to ask him for that poem by 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 >>, “Le Laboureur,” and send it to me when you get it.

Uncle Cor asked me today if I didn’t like “Phryne” by 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 >>. I told him that I would rather see a homely woman by 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 >> or 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 >>, or an old woman by Edouard Frere: for what’s the use of a beautiful body such as Phryne’s? Animals have it too, perhaps even more than men; but the soul, as it lives in the people painted by 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 >> or 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 >> or Frere, that is what animals never have. Is not life given us to become richer in spirit, even though the outward appearance may suffer? I feel very little sympathy for the figure by 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 >>. I can find no sign of spirituality in it, and a pair of hands which show they have worked are more beautiful than those of this figure. The difference is greater still between such a beautiful girl and a man like Parker or Thomas a Kempis or those 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 >> painted; one can no more love and have sympathy for two such disparate things than one can serve two masters.

Uncle Cor then asked me if I should feel no attraction for a beautiful woman or girl. I answered that I would feel more attraction for, and would rather come into contact with, one who was ugly or old or poor or in some way unhappy, but who, through experience and sorrow, had gained a mind and a soul.

There was also a beautiful drawingDrawing - is a picture made with a pencil, pen or a crayon.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> by 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 >> at Uncle Cor’s, a view of the city with water in the foreground and a big sky. I suppose you know it. Write again soon, and have a good time. My regards to the Rooses; a Dieu, a warm handshakeHandshake - a form of expression of greeting, farewell or gratitude and other positive emotions of one person towards another person manifesting itself in taking and shaking their right hands.
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Vincent van Gogh letters dictionary >> in thought, and believe me always,

Your loving brother, Vincent

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