16 letters found

1. 027 To Theo van Gogh. London, Friday, 31 July 1874.

   in note 15:

   ...with a spade), purchased on 17 April 1874; B.J. Blommers, La petite fileuse (Little spinner), purcha...

2. 213 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 24 March 1882.

   in note 1:

   Bernardus Blommers, no. 10 in the membership records, is listed as a ‘regular’ member of the soci...

   in translation:

   Blommers has asked me to give a talk one evening at Pulchri about my collection of woodcuts after Her...

3. 214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.

   in note 8:

   ... to show his woodcuts at Pulchri had been proposed by Blommers shortly before this (see letter 213).

   in translation:

   Blommers was here to talk about a viewing of the woodcuts. Sat here looking at them for 3 hours, and ...

4. 215 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Thursday, 6 April 1882.

   in translation:

   ...ination seems overly rash to me. Israëls and Blommers and Neuhuys don’t do that, even though they ...

5. 217 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Friday, 14 April 1882.

   in note 5:

   In 1881 Blommers was living and working in The Hague at Spui 58. See Adresboeken 1878-1881; his name ...

   in translation:

   ...™ll come to see me soon. Went recently to see Blommers in his studio. The viewing of woodcuts didn’...

6. 256 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Sunday, 13 August 1882.

   in note 8:

   ...eral members of Pulchri Studio, among them B.J. Blommers, J. Israëls, J.H. Maris and A. Mauve. The ...

7. 295 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Friday, 22 December 1882.

   in note 7:

   Bernardus Johannes Blommers, Départ des pinken (Departure of the pinks). Photogravure Goupil, n.d. (...

   in translation:

   ...k school by Israëls, say, or the painting by Blommers or the one by Artz, is superb, as published by...

8. 357 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 27 June 1883.

   in note 6:

   Bernardus Blommers, Novembre (November) (private collection) was shown at the Salon of 1883. As is ev...

   in translation:

   Don’t you think the painting by Blommers at the Salon is beautiful (November)? I haven’t seen the...

9. 360 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Saturday, 7 July 1883.

   in note 9:

   Bernardus Blommers formerly lived and worked at Spui 58. From July to November 1882 he stayed at Kana...

   in translation:

   ...at others have; for instance, the house where Blommers used to live is to let — the rent is 400 gui...

10. 361 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 11 July 1883.

    in note 18:

    Van Gogh knew the illustration of Blommers’ November from the Catalogue illustré du Salon: see let...

    in translation:

    I also hope to go and see Blommers again soon. I talked to De Bock about his painting at the Salon, N...

11. 362 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Friday, 13 July 1883.

    in note 1:

    De Bock’s studio was at Van Stolkweg 20; Blommers lived at Van Stolkweg 17.

    in translation:

    ...-à-terre at his place. I may also drop in on Blommers now and again. And then my plan is to regard S...

12. 363 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, Sunday, 22 July 1883.

    in translation:

    Well, what to do? I’ve seen and spoken to Blommers twice already in Scheveningen, and he saw a few ...

13. 365 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, Monday, 23 July 1883.

    in translation:

    I’ve talked to Blommers about painting. He wants me to carry on; I myself also feel that after havi...

14. 409 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 6 December 1883.

    in translation:

    ...fter those mastodons Mesdag, Israëls, Mauve, Blommers, Maris &c. will, under no circumstances, still...

15. 495 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Tuesday, 21 April 1885.

    in translation:

    ...me — than one discerns when one sees an old Blommers or Mauve or Maris. And this phenomenon is thre...

16. 534 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 10 October 1885.

    in translation:

    ...his singular spectrum in the right manner — Blommers &c. But the school of the masters, their fol...

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1. Chronology

   in 1882:

   ...e Bock, Jules van de Sande Bakhuyzen and Bernardus Blommers (204, 210, 214). Befriends George Breitne...