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48 letters found

040 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 13 August 1875.
in note 3:
...to visit his father at Helvoirt; Anna, Lies, Willemien and Cor were also there (FR b2350 and b2351).
074 Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, Vincent van Gogh and Theodorus van Gogh to Theo van Gogh. Etten, Tuesday, 4 April 1876.
in note 3:
Cornelis (Cor) Vincent van Gogh, the youngest son in the family.
in translation:
...t you’ll still be coming on Saturday evening. Cor is taking piano lessons. It’s quite a task in ...
076 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Ramsgate, Monday, 17 April 1876.
in note 3:
Cornelis (Cor) Vincent van Gogh, Vincent’s youngest brother.
in translation:
...how much we think of the others, of Theo, and of Anna and the other sisters and of little brother.
... for everything. Many regards to Lies, Albertine and little brother, and in thought a handshake from
078 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Friday, 21 April 1876.
in note 8:
Vincent and Theo’s younger brother Cor, who was nearly nine.
in translation:
... and through the small window I saw Pa and little brother in the road, watching the train leave. And ...
082 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Friday, 12 May 1876.
in note 9:
Lies’s birthday was 16 May; Cor’s birthday was 17 May.
in translation:
...nd congratulations on the birthdays of Lies and Cor, and also on 21 May. Regards to everyone at the ...
083 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Wednesday, 31 May 1876.
in note 1:
Cor, Willemien, Lies and Theo were in Etten on 21 May; Anna and Vincent, who were both living in Engl...
089 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876.
in translation:
...e from Breda in Uncle Vincent’s carriage. Pa, Cor and I walked up the road to meet them, and when ...
098 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Isleworth, Friday, 17 and Saturday, 18 November 1876.
in translation:
...night to you both and to Theo and Willemien and Cor, I’m longing again for a letter from you. Good...
100 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 31 December 1876.
in translation:
... writing in great haste, Anna and the girls and Cor went to Princenhage, and Pa wanted me to go with...
114 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 19 May 1877.
in note 13:
Vincent and Theo’s younger brother Cor had turned 10 on 17 May.
in translation:
...th snow on the streets. I sent that last one to Cor for his birthday. The Jewish bookseller had many...
120 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 12 June 1877.
in note 1:
Their younger brother, Cor.
in translation:
...and had a good Sunday there, it’s nice that Pa and little brother brought you as far as Dordrecht.
136 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 December 1877.
in note 38:
In addition to the lithograph for Cor and the map for his parents, Van Gogh sent a present to Etten f...
in translation:
...o. Since Uncle Jan sent a box to Etten, sent to Cor for St Nicholas a lithograph after J. Maris of a...
If you don’t have that one, swap it with Cor for another lithograph.
138 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 30 December 1877.
in translation:
It snowed last week and Cor had fun with the sledge and so did I, because I sledged on the road with ...
145 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 22 July 1878.
in translation:
And this morning Cor, who’s on holiday, and I went to the heath and the pine-wood again, a way past...
146 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 5 August 1878.
in translation:
...day Pa went to Zundert and Ma went along — as Cor and I did for a way, as far as Sprundel Heath an...
Recently made with Cor, who made part of the sketch, a little drawing after A Sunday morning by Emile...
Tomorrow morning I’m going out with Cor to fetch some greenery for the room when they register the ...
...her around the parish or to Hoeven or Leur, and Cor and I make many excursions to the heath, either ...
174 To Anthon van Rappard. Etten, Wednesday, 12 October 1881.
in note 10:
...rd willows appear on the map that Vincent and his brother Cor made, which is appended to letter 145.
214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.
in translation:
As regards Cor’s education and Ma’s bread – those two things won’t be lacking, not even if yo...
247 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 July 1882.
in note 2:
...ugust, and on 7 August Rev. Van Gogh, his wife, Cor and two servants were registered at the Civil Re...
443 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 28 March 1884.
in note 3:
...ntly the family was corresponding about brother Cor’s impending choice of profession. He was about...
in translation:
I’m pleased that you wrote about Cor in that way, as I learned from your letter to Pa and Ma. Fortu...
Something I wanted to ask you is why isn’t Cor going to Goupil, just as you and I started there whe...
... never heard any talk about Goupil in regard to Cor. Why not? Particularly if you stay there, it see...
470 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 17 November 1884.
in note 10:
This remark about their brother Cor refers to the decision, which Vincent had previously mentioned, n...
in translation:
It seems to me that Cor is doing extremely well — he looks much more energetic and is getting a man...
471 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 24 November 1884.
in note 6:
Their brother Cor had been apprenticed to Egbert Haverkamp Begemann’s machine works in Helmond; he ...
in translation:
Cor was unwell for a few days, and at home — but he’s better now.
477 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Tuesday, 30 December 1884.
in note 3:
...ntly in what you do and did for Vincent and for Cor too, you have faithfully sent us all something�...
486 To Theo van Gogh, c/o Messrs Goupil, 19 boulevard Montmartre, Paris. Telegram, sent from Eindhoven, Friday, 27 March 1885.
in note 1:
... It happened at half-past seven in the evening. Cor was in Helmond and didn’t get home until half-...
490 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 6 April 1885.
in note 6:
Cor was an apprentice at Haverkamp Begemann’s machine works; he also boarded there: see letter 443,...
in translation:
...e distraction for the time being. But, of course, still very sad. Cor has just gone back to Helmond.
It’s likely that Ma, Wil and Cor will go to Leiden next year. Then I’ll be the only one of us who...
530 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between about Friday, 21 and about Wednesday, 26 August 1885
in note 3:
...l members of the family financially, including his mother, his sister Willemien and his brother Cor.
540 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 11 November 1885.
in note 2:
...t the beginning of December (FR b1830). At this time her son Cor was living in Helmond, near Nuenen.
in translation:
... If Ma goes on a trip to Anna, to Amsterdam, to Cor before long — it seems to me that can’t do a...
571 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, between about Sunday, 17 and Tuesday, 19 July 1887.
in translation:
...ll enjoy your visit over there, give my mother, Cor and Wil my warm regards. And if you can see that...
600 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 20 April 1888.
in note 12:
Apparently Cor, who was employed in an engineering works in Lincoln, was ill or had some other probl...
in translation:
What a pity about Cor, let’s hope it’s nothing serious.
656 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 6 August 1888.
in note 2:
Cor had been apprenticed to an engineering works in Helmond (see letters 443, n. 3 and 471, n. 6), an...
in translation:
...ness afterwards. I’m pleased that our brother Cor has grown bigger and stronger than the two of us...
749 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 16 March 1889.
in note 1:
... know, Vincent gave this money to the girls and Cor, influenced by a reproach that he had used more ...
784 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in note 2:
Around 20 August 1889, Cor van Gogh left for South Africa, where he went to work for Cornucopia Gold ...
in translation:
...yourselves, you and Jo. But the separation from Cor will be so hard for her that it’s difficult to...
785 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in translation:
The separation from Cor will be hard. And it’s going to happen really soon. What else can one do, t...
788 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, between about Monday, 8 July and about Friday, 12 July 1889.
in note 1:
...ere and about Holland and so warm-hearted about Cor, and when he thinks about some of the nature and...
in translation:
...and is sometimes needed in life. The news about Cor – no wonder you’re taken up with it and it w...
...be good for you and them, particularly now that Cor’s leaving. In his business it can’t do him a...
I kiss you in thought, and with a handshake for Cor I wish him the best of good luck in his enterpris...
795 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 16 August 1889.
in note 2:
Jo wrote in more detail to Willemien about Cor’s visit: ‘It was so very nice to have him here, an...
in note 1:
Before his departure Cor spent ‘nearly a week’ with Theo and Jo in Paris, arriving there on 15 Au...
in translation:
We received your letter for Cor and gave it to him this morning because he arrived here very early, a...
...or another letter from you — do you know what Cor brought me from her this morning? — a pair of ...
797 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 22 August 1889.
in note 12:
Cor had been staying with Theo and Jo in Paris (see letter 795).
in translation:
...or all your kindnesses, good handshake to you and to Jo, and naturally to Cor if he’s still there.
799 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 5 September 1889.
in translation:
... us at the moment. Mother has had a letter from Cor, he’s already far away and was well. Write me ...
803 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.
in translation:
...looked for other surroundings for a while after Cor’s departure. There was a lot of news in your l...
804 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.
in translation:
...r and you, to have left Breda for a while after Cor’s departure. Certainly grief mustn’t build u...
805 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 20 September 1889.
in translation:
Mother and Wil, each for their part after Cor’s departure, have changed surroundings – they were ...
Wil wrote very well, it’s a great grief for them, Cor’s departure.
811 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 21 October 1889.
in translation:
...��re still in the old house, to thank you for your last letter and the news of Cor’s safe passage.
812 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 21 October 1889.
in translation:
... very much for your last letter and the news of Cor. Soon you’ll move house, and this will be the ...
813 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 22 October 1889.
in translation:
...uch inconvenience. Mother sent us a letter from Cor. He has arrived in Johannesburg. It’s a very w...
815 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 25 October 1889.
in translation:
Mother wrote to me too with news of Cor.
826 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in translation:
...bye to you and Wil for today. Thanks again for the messages about Cor — and embraced in thought by
830 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 22 December 1889.
in note 17:
Only one letter from Cor in South Africa has been preserved from this period (FR b838, 20 October 188...
in translation:
Cor writes quite often from the Transvaal. Life down there can’t be much fun. There are no plants o...
831 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 23 December 1889.
in translation:
Is there any more news from Cor? It’s very good that you’re close to Anna and will see your grand...
855 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in translation:
I thank you for the news about Cor. You won’t forget to send him my regards when you write, will yo...
878 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in note 7:
Cor, who worked for the Cornu Copia Gold Company in Germiston (near Johannesburg), became an official...
in translation:
I heard some details about Cor from them. Give him my warmest regards when you write and tell him tha...

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4 essay items found

Correspondents / Family members
in correspondents_2:
...s have survived between Vincent and his brother Cor, 14 years his junior and the baby of the family....
...r example, FR b2744 and b2574, letters from Cor van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, 30 April 1875 and undated ...
Cor was, in his own words, ‘a bad letter-writer’, and later had very little contact with his elde...
Letter from Cor van Gogh to Theo and Jo van Gogh, 8 October 1890 (FR b837).
Letter from Cor van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, 16 October 1888 (FR b3706).
...him ‘an extremely warm-hearted letter’ when Cor was staying with Theo and Jo in Paris prior to l...
Biographical & historical context / The financial backgrounds
in context_3:
...ringing of his sister Willemien and his brother Cor. And when he fell in love with Marie in 1883, he...
Biographical & historical context / The immediate family circle
in context_4:
Cornelis (‘Cor’) Vincent van Gogh (1867-1900) attended high school, and in 1884 became an apprent...
Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh
in context_1:
...rder, were Anna, Theo, Elisabeth, Willemien and Cor. It must have been a pleasant, peaceful life in ...
...xpensive. When it was decided in July 1884 that Cor was to take up an apprenticeship at the engineer...
...ngs and helped in the household. It looks as if Cor struck on a plan of his own after a while. We do...
...ent’s relationship with his youngest brother, Cor, was virtually non-existent. Cor confessed to Th...

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3 other items found

Documentation
in documentation:
... the weather’s glorious now. Cor still in Baarn, tomorrow to Helvoirt, ...
Theo van Gogh to Cor van Gogh. Paris, 11 March 1887 (FR b907).Cor van Gogh
...ent into more detail and was franker with his sister than with his brother Cor.
Overview of all the letters
in overview:
Cor van Gogh, brother
Chronology
in 1867:
17 May His brother Cornelis (Cor) is born.

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48 letters, 4 essay items and 3 other items found

48 letters found

4 essay items found

3 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters