6 letters found

1. 574 To Willemien van Gogh. Paris, late October 1887.

   in note 9:

   ...appears that Van Gogh liked the work of Joris-Karl Huysmans. As well as the books mentioned here –...

   in translation:

   ...de Maupassant, De Goncourt, Richepin, Daudet, Huysmans is magnificent and one can scarcely be said to...

2. 602 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 1 May 1888.

   in note 18:

   ...ly derives from the novel En ménage by Joris-Karl Huysmans, which Van Gogh read at about this time:...

3. 628 To Emile Bernard. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 19 June 1888.

   in note 6:

   InJoris-Karl Huysmans’s novel En ménage (1881), the character Cyprien remarks: ‘– And what abo...

   in translation:

   ... one may feel vis-à-vis the ineffable perfections of nature’s glorious splendours. J. K. Huysmans

4. 669 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 26 August 1888.

   in note 10:

   Joris-Karl Huysmans’ novel A vau-l’eau (1882) examines petit-bourgeois life in the suburbs of Par...

5. 674 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 4 September 1888.

   in note b:

   Read: ‘vau’. Van Gogh mentioned the novel A vau-l’eau by J.K. Huysmans in letter 669.

6. 804 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.

   in translation:

   ... for De Goncourt, Zola, Flaubert, Maupassant, Huysmans. But as regards yourself, don’t hurry, and c...

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1. Chronology

   in 1887:

   ...erteux, La fille Elisa), Richepin, Daudet and Huysmans. Has just read Maupassant’s Mont Oriol and T...