8 letters found

1. 590 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 30 March 1888.

   in note 9:

   Richard Wagner composed large-scale, ambitious operas for big orchestras. Van Gogh had been to perfor...

   in translation:

   ...d harmony. And something happens like with the Wagner music which, performed by a large orchestra, is...

2. 621 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 5 or Wednesday, 6 June 1888.

   in note 7:

   ...7. Benoit wrote a 64-page study which precedes Wagner’s writings in this book. Cf. letter 686, n. 1...

   in translation:

   I’m reading a book about Wagner which I’ll send you afterwards — what an artist — one like th...

3. 622 To Emile Bernard. Arles, on or about Thursday, 7 June 1888.

   in note 3:

   ...Blanc. See letter 537, n. 7. His reading about Wagner may well also have influenced his choice of wor...

   in note 1:

   ...d have been thinking first and foremost of Richard Wagner; he was in the middle of reading a book abo...

4. 635 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 1 July 1888.

   in translation:

   ...hat he balanced, certainly overtaxed his brain doing that work, as did Delacroix and Richard Wagner.

5. 683 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.

   in translation:

   ...e connections there are between our colour and Wagner’s music. Now it’s true, I see in Impression...

6. 686 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 23 or Monday, 24 September 1888.

   in note 19:

   ...er and others (on pp. 332-339). The book about Wagner, Richard Wagner, musiciens, poètes et philosop...

   in translation:

   I’ve read an article on Wagner — L’amour dans la musique, by the same author who wrote the book...

7. 739 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Monday, 21 January 1889.

   in note 8:

   ...n Dutch literature, and was also known through Wagner’s opera Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying ...

   in note 6:

   The fact that Van Gogh mentions Berlioz and Wagner in the same sentence could be connected with the b...

   in translation:

   ...make of painting what the music of Berlioz and Wagner has been before us... a consolatory art for dis...

8. 743 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889.

   in translation:

   ...e antidote exist? In Delacroix, in Berlioz and Wagner? And really, our artistic madness which all the...

   in note 23:

   Regarding Berlioz and Wagner, see letter 739, n. 6.

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