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274 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 22 October 1882.
in note 10:
Nicolas François Octave Tassaert was obsessed by death; it ‘foreshadowed his own later self-destru...
in translation:
...ate? I read something along these lines about Tassaert, among others, whom I like very much, and was ...
493 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 13 April 1885.
in translation:
...h he remains in obscurity, like Daumier, like Tassaert — there are still people, Mellery, for examp...
551 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Saturday, 2 January 1886.
in note 18:
...d a retrospective of the work of Nicolas François Octave Tassaert with 122 paintings. It was widely...
in translation:
As to the Tassaert exhibition — if ever anyone was wronged, it was he. Taking the opportunity to me...
As to Tassaert’s colour, he’s a harmonist and his work, painted in more or less one tone, is good...
And I do think it’s rather a pity that Tassaert, who painted so wonderfully boldly, didn’t someti...
555 To Theo van Gogh, Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 28 January 1886.
in translation:
...teacher. And I tell you, it was the only drawing that was generously done, like Tassaert or Gavarni.
726 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 17 or Tuesday, 18 December 1888.
in note 8:
Octave Tassaert, Bruyas, Ill. 1366, Bruyas, Ill. 2269 and Bruyas in his home, Ill. 2270 (Montpellier,...
in translation:
...urbet, by Cabanel, by Couture, by Verdier, by Tassaert, by others too. After that there are paintings...

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