20 letters found
- 598 To John Peter Russell. Arles, Thursday, 19 April 1888.
- in note 2:
In 1888 the American artist Dodge Macknight, who Van Gogh had met through Russell in Paris, spent som...
- in translation:
...f of the opportunity. Last Sunday I have met Macknight and a Danish painter and I intend to go and s...
... perfection as appeared to me the Fabian and Macknight portraits, you are at the same time able to g...
- 601 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Wednesday, 25 April 1888.
- in note 2:
Van Gogh’s first meeting with Macknight in Arles was most probably on Sunday, 15 April (see letter ...
- in translation:
...the letter — what was new — the visit by Macknight, Russell’s friend, who came back last Sunda...
- 602 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 1 May 1888.
- in translation:
... there having run out of breath. I’ve seen Macknight again, but still nothing of his work. I still...
...me to the south. Perhaps I’ll come to an arrangement with Macknight. Then we could cook at home.
- 603 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
- in note 2:
These works by Macknight cannot be identified. With the exception of a number of pastels dating from ...
- in translation:
Yesterday I was at Fontvieille, at Macknight’s — he had a good pastel — a pink tree — two wat...
- 604 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
- in note 12:
Macknight was born in 1860, so he was 27 or 28.
- in translation:
...f view of conversation and company. So even if Koning were to leave, there would perhaps be someone e...
I was hearing yesterday from Macknight and from the Dane that in Marseille there was never anything g...
Russell’s friend, Macknight, is a cold and not very nice character, too bad if I have both of them ...
However, I’ve said nothing about Macknight, although I imagine he has no more heart than Reid. If h...
- 607 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 10 May 1888.
- in note 1:
Macknight was staying in Fontvieille.
- in translation:
Right out in the country like Macknight you pay less, but Macknight is very bored and is working very...
- 623 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 12 June 1888.
- in translation:
...ancs and figures. It was Russell’s friend, Macknight, who had seen them there. I’d very much lik...
- 625 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 15 and Saturday, 16 June 1888.
- in note 16:
...d was the Belgian painter Eugène Boch, whom Macknight invited to join him in Fontvieille in a lette...
- in translation:
... from a still life, worked on with patience. Macknight and one of his friends who’s been in Africa...
It seems that Macknight wasn’t very pleased with me but that Russell indicated to him in reply that...
- 627 To John Peter Russell. Arles, on or about Sunday, 17 June 1888.
- in translation:
Macknight told me he had seen a picture by Monticelli in Marseille, flower-piece.
- 630 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 23 June 1888.
- in translation:
Macknight has a friend with him now, I never see any of his work, yesterday I showed him and his frie...
- 637 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 July 1888.
- in translation:
...rom Russell. That Boch is still staying with Macknight, and he’s working hard, it seems. But I hav...
... him, I’m going to see him this afternoon. Macknight has picked up a chancre from a fat woman wher...
...t’s just why I’ll go and see his friends Macknight and Boch, to be able to talk about them and h...
- 638 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 July 1888.
- in translation:
...nt to Fontvieille to pay a visit to Boch and Macknight, but those gentlemen had left for a week for ...
- 644 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, between Tuesday, 17 and Friday, 20 July 1888.
- in translation:
...o’s probably not in Paris, judging by what Macknight was saying, who has come back with Boch. Stil...
- 645 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 22 July 1888.
- in note 9:
In letter 644 Van Gogh reported that Macknight and Boch had still not said anything about his work. T...
- in translation:
Yesterday Macknight broke his silence a little by saying he very much liked my last two studies (the ...
- 650 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 29 July 1888.
- in note 19:
These works by Macknight have not been identified. Cf. letter 603, n. 2.
- in translation:
...ll bring out his individuality, I think. But Macknight does watercolours of the power of those by De...
...cter completely escapes them. I believe that Macknight has civilized and converted to civilized Chri...
...entle beings, as we know. It’s likely that Macknight will shortly do little landscapes with sheep,...
- in note 21:
Little is known about Macknight’s financial circumstances. From 1878 he had worked for some years f...
- in note 20:
Macknight and Boch were staying at Café de l’Alcazar on the Cours in Fontvieille. The café was ru...
- 652 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
- in note 6:
Cf. for Macknight’s financial situation: letter 650, n. 21.
- in note 5:
...arden with flowers (F 429 / JH 1513). He also said in letter 645 that Macknight liked these studies.
- in translation:
Macknight came to look again yesterday, and also found the portrait of a young girl good, and again s...
- 657 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 8 August 1888.
- in note 14:
Van Gogh had also criticized the way Macknight and Boch treated the local people in letter 650.
- in translation:
Macknight and Boch don’t understand much of it, or rather, nothing. Now if I myself am beginning to...
Mourier, Macknight, even Boch, all of them would need it, and how many others. Macknight keeps coming...
- 669 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 26 August 1888.
- in note 15:
Macknight left Fontvieille in late August 1888 for Moret-sur-Loing. He headed to Brittany in November...
- in translation:
Ah — Macknight has cleared off at last — I don’t regret it in the least. His pal the Belgian di...
- 673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.
- in note 19:
Macknight had left Fontvieille for Moret-sur-Loing; see letter 669, n. 15. Evidently Boch intended to...
- in translation:
..., sometimes the south. He’s going to stay with Macknight again for reasons of living more cheaply.
The Belgian was saying that with Macknight he paid 80 francs for board and lodging. What a difference...
- in note 21:
Macknight and Boch stayed at the Café de l’Alcazar in Fontvieille; see letter 650, n. 20.
- 849 To John Peter Russell. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
- in note 5:
After his 1888 visit to Belle-Île, Macknight returned to the Breton island in the summer of 1889, sp...
- in translation:
... you one for this purpose. How is our friend Macknight? If he’s still with you, or if there are ot...
1 essay item found
- Correspondents / Artist friends
- in correspondents_3:
...ristian Mourier-Petersen and the American Dodge Macknight. In mid-June he met the Belgian painter Eu...
1 other item found
- Chronology
- in 1888:
15 April
Meets the American artist Dodge Macknight, who is staying in Fontvieille near Arles (59...
3 May
Visits Macknight in Fontvieille (603).
...ets the Belgian painter Eugène Boch through Macknight (625). Gives drawing lessons to Paul Eugène ...
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Dated between:
29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Dodge Macknight (1860-1950) American artist
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