The extensive correspondence, which has allowed scholars to have such a close understanding of Van Gogh’s art and personal struggles, is very rarely shown because it is so sensitive to light.Įmilie Gordenker, director of the Van Gogh Museum, said that the artist’s letters feel particularly poignant during this pandemic. ‘ Your loving Vincent’, which launches on Friday and runs for three months, unites 40 of the Dutch artist’s 820 letters with some of his most famous paintings, including two on loan from private collectors. Letter 492 with a sketch of The Potato Eaters Photo: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)įrom a letter in which Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin describe brothel visits, to Vincent’s first note to his younger brother Theo, the Van Gogh Museum is displaying an extraordinary collection of the artist’s correspondence.
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