26 letters found
- 584 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 10 March 1888.
- in note 12:
Mourier-Petersen went to Paris around 22 May. The Salon in 1888 ran from 1 May to mid-July. He stayed...
- in note 10:
The Danish painter Christian Vilhelm Mourier-Petersen was in Arles from about 10 October 1887 to arou...
- in translation:
I’ve made the acquaintance of a Danish artist who talks about Heyerdahl and other people from the n...
- 585 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 16 March 1888.
- in note 7:
Christian Mourier-Petersen – whom Van Gogh refers to as ‘young’, but who was actually only five...
- in translation:
...pany in the evening, because the young Danish painter who’s here is very nice; his work is dry, co...
- 592 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 3 April 1888.
- in note 2:
...s comic spelling was probably prompted by Mourier-Petersen’s accent, which Van Gogh joked about; se...
- 594 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 April 1888.
- in note 13:
The Danish painter is Christian Mourier-Petersen. See for his departure for Paris: letter 584, n. 12....
- in translation:
I’m still going about with the Danish painter, but he’s going home soon. He’s an intelligent bo...
- 595 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Wednesday, 11 April 1888.
- in note 3:
Christian Mourier-Petersen.
- in translation:
...white flowers sparkle. It was so beautiful! My friend the Dane came to join me, and at risk and peril...
- 598 To John Peter Russell. Arles, Thursday, 19 April 1888.
- in note 2:
...See exhib. cat. Pontoise 1994, pp. 80, 96 (n. 18). The Danish painter is Christian Mourier-Petersen.
- in translation:
...ty. Last Sunday I have met Macknight and a Danish painter and I intend to go and see him at Fontvieil...
- 604 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
- in note 1:
...south-east of Arles on the Mediterranean. Mourier-Petersen (referred to later in the letter as ‘the...
- in translation:
...s hearing yesterday from Macknight and from the Dane that in Marseille there was never anything good ...
- 610 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 14 May 1888.
- in note 3:
Mourier-Petersen was said to have gone to the south of France in part for his health, having spent th...
- in note 2:
Christian Mourier-Petersen.
- in translation:
In the next few days you’ll see the Danish painter who was here arrive in Paris, I don’t know how...
- 611 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 20 May 1888.
- in note 8:
... painting for longer than he had himself. Mourier-Petersen attended the academy in Copenhagen from 18...
- in note 4:
...the two small paintings that Van Gogh gave to Mourier in Arles to deliver to Theo in Paris. The othe...
- in note 2:
Christian Mourier-Petersen.
- in translation:
...the French. Would you do me a great favour: my friend the Dane, who leaves for Paris on Tuesday, will...
...e. I think you’ll soon make friends with this Dane — he doesn’t do much but — he has intellig...
- 613 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 26 May 1888.
- in note 8:
Van Gogh’s assumption was wrong; Mourier-Petersen had given up his medical studies in 1880 and had ...
- in note 7:
See for Mourier-Petersen’s ‘nervous condition’: letter 610, n. 3.
- in note 6:
One of the drawings Mourier-Petersen took with him was probably The Langlois bridge (F 1470 / JH 1377...
- in note 11:
Given the reference to Mourier-Petersen’s phlegm immediately afterwards, Van Gogh must be referring...
- in note 10:
...uently made a mistake about the nationality of the Danish painter Mourier-Petersen (cf. letter 625).
- in translation:
Have you met the Dane Mourier-Petersen — he’ll have brought you another two drawings as well.
The Swede is from a good family, he has order and regularity in his means of support, and as a man he...
- 615 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 May 1888.
- in note 9:
...s around Montmajour. It seems likely that Mourier-Petersen took it with him. See cat. Amsterdam 2007,...
- in note 8:
One of the drawings Mourier-Petersen took with him was probably The Langlois bridge (F 1470 / JH 1377...
- in translation:
Mourier will give you two more pen drawings.
- 623 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 12 June 1888.
- in note 8:
Mourier-Petersen arrived at Theo’s apartment in rue Lepic on 6 June 1888, and stayed with him until...
- in translation:
I was pleased to learn that Mourier has come to lodge with you.
Doesn’t our friend Mourier have a terrific accent? He bropaply alvays trinks brendy viz vater.
- 625 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 15 and Saturday, 16 June 1888.
- in note 18:
See for Mourier-Petersen’s ‘nervous disorder’: letter 610, n. 3.
- in note 17:
Van Gogh often mistook the nationality of the Danish painter Mourier-Petersen.
- in translation:
And dear old Doctor Ox, I mean our Swede, Mourier, I liked him well enough because, with his spectacl...
...at you’re not in complete agreement with the Swede, who probably, according to what you write, has...
Handshake to you and to Mourier.
- 630 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 23 June 1888.
- in translation:
...™d found a direction. Handshake to you and to Mourier if, that is, he hasn’t yet moved into the st...
- 635 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 1 July 1888.
- in note 11:
See letter 610, n. 3, for Mourier-Petersen’s ‘nervous condition’.
- in translation:
Be patient a little longer with Mourier, perhaps he’s going through a crisis.
I’ll write to Mourier one of these days; you’ll read the letter, you’ll see the way I used to t...
- 637 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 July 1888.
- in translation:
Mourier should definitely buy one for himself. I’ll write to Russell again, while at the same time ...
- 639 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 13 July 1888.
- in note 9:
This was probably Mourier-Petersen; at any rate it appears from the postscript that he knew the place...
- in translation:
I’m curious to know if Mourier will remember the places.
- 641 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Sunday, 15 July 1888.
- in note 5:
This was probably Mourier-Petersen; Vincent tells Theo the same story in letter 639.
- 648 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 24 or Wednesday, 25 July 1888.
- in translation:
... guts, there’s the hope of seeing very interesting years in the future. Is Mourier still with you?
- 650 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 29 July 1888.
- in translation:
...o a damned thing. I’ve already said that to Mourier, who once used to believe that Macknight got o...
- 657 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 8 August 1888.
- in translation:
...oning; I wrote to him a week ago. I can easily see him coming back sometime. Is Mourier still there?
Mourier, Macknight, even Boch, all of them would need it, and how many others. Macknight keeps coming...
- 659 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 12 August 1888.
- in translation:
I’ll write another short line to Mourier, you’ll read it. And I shake your hand firmly.
- 683 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.
- in translation:
...ear the street of the good little ladies, and Mourier, for example, never went there, whereas we use...
- 689 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 26 September 1888.
- in note 12:
...acter in a Balzac novel like this, and in letter 623 he imitated Mourier-Petersen’s pronunciation.
- 742 Christian Vilhelm Mourier-Petersen to Vincent van Gogh. Holbaekgaard, Friday, 25 January 1889.
- in note 7:
On 25 February 1890 Mourier-Petersen thanked Theo for his hospitality by sending him the painting Tul...
- in note 3:
...’s Jewish bride, see letter 430, n. 10. Mourier-Petersen thus visited the Mauritshuis in The Hague ...
- in note 2:
Around 22 May 1888 Mourier-Petersen left Arles for Paris, where he stayed from around 6 June to about...
- in note 1:
...ear). Holbækgaard, the country estate of the Mourier-Petersen family, lies to the north of Ørsted.
- in translation:
Chr. Mourier-Petersen.
- 748 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 25 February 1889.
- in note 3:
Theo must have enclosed Mourier-Petersen’s letter to Vincent (letter 742). Mourier-Petersen had ass...
- in translation:
I have this to say in reply to Mourier’s letter, which gave me pleasure: if Gauguin wants to make a...
3 essay items found
- Correspondents / Artist friends
- in correspondents_3:
...irst three months in Arles: the Dane Christian Mourier-Petersen and the American Dodge Macknight. In ...
- Publication history / De brieven 1990: a large edition for a small readership
- in publications_6:
Christian Mourier-Petersen to Van Gogh (letter 742);
- Correspondents / Preservation of the letters
- in correspondents_4:
...m Salles and the letters from Milliet and Mourier-Petersen). It stands to reason that Van Gogh found ...
...604, 635, 638 and 654. Van Gogh also gave Mourier-Petersen a letter of introduction to Russell (see l...
2 other items found
- Overview of all the letters
- in overview:
from Christian Mourier-Petersen, Danish artist whom Van Gogh met in Arles
- Chronology
- in 1888:
Before 10 March
Meets the Danish painter Christian Mourier-Petersen (584).
Term(s):
Dated between:
29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Christian Vilhelm Mourier-Petersen (1858-1945) Danish artist
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