28 letters found
- 569 To Horace Mann Livens, Paris, September or October 1886.
- in note 3:
...Van Gogh could also have had specific works by Degas and Monet in mind. Theo handled Monet’s work ...
- in translation:
...much admired certain Impressionist pictures – degas, nude figure – Claude Monet, landscape.degas
- 570 To Charles Angrand. Paris, Monday, 25 October 1886.
- in note 6:
We do not know which work by Degas Theo had in the gallery at this time. See Thomson in exhib. cat. A...
- in translation:
..., 19 boulevard Montmartre), he has a very fine Degas at the moment. At Tanguy’s I had another look...
- 584 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 10 March 1888.
- in note 6:
Van Gogh described Degas, Monet, Renoir, Sisley and Camille Pissarro as ‘Impressionists of the Gran...
- in translation:
...ty of existence and work for its members. If Degas, Claude Monet, Renoir, Sisley and C. Pissarro w...
If Degas, Monet, Renoir and Pissarro say that — even leaving plenty of room for their individual id...
- 589 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 25 March 1888.
- in note 4:
...he Hague branch. It contained one work each by Degas, Monet, Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Guillaumin, G...
- 603 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
- in note 7:
Edgar Degas was a bachelor and on several occasions Van Gogh expressed his respect for the fact that ...
- in translation:
And Degas — does that and is successful. All the same, don’t you feel, as I do, it’s awfully ha...
- 605 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 May 1888.
- in note 4:
We do not know which of Degas’s works Theo sold in Brussels, nor who the buyer was.
- in translation:
I’m pleased to hear you’ve sold a Degas and what you write about the purchaser. Meunier — I’v...
- 611 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 20 May 1888.
- in translation:
...ys ‘No women’? It would make a really good Degas, that face, like that. But there’s nothing to...
- 620 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 5 June 1888.
- in note 5:
...r by Degas, four lithographs by Thornley after Degas (cat. nos. 34-38) and ten pen-and-ink drawings ...
- in translation:
...ortance, they’re very happy to condescend to Degas and Pissarro — of whose work they’ve seen n...
- 626 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between Saturday, 16 and Wednesday, 20 June 1888.
- in note 8:
Theo had regularly exhibited and dealt in work by Monet, Pissarro, Degas and others since 1887.
- 638 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 July 1888.
- in note 18:
...e in Paris, where the group of artists and writers around Manet, Degas and Desboutin met regularly.
- 649 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Sunday, 29 July 1888.
- in translation:
You’d think it a Degas for the body, true and felt in its animality.
..., a Dutch portrait, a nude woman by Courbet or Degas, these calm and modelled perfections are the re...
- 655 To Emile Bernard. Arles, on or about Sunday, 5 August 1888.
- in note 11:
Edgar Degas was a bachelor, and Van Gogh showed on several occasions that he respected the fact that ...
- in translation:
Why do you say that Degas has trouble getting a hard-on? Degas lives like a little lawyer, and he doe...
- 721 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 19 November 1888.
- in note 7:
...on the other hand, he detests Ingres, Raphael, Degas, all of them people whom I admire; I reply, you...
- 726 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 17 or Tuesday, 18 December 1888.
- in translation:
Say so to Degas, that Gauguin and I have been to see the portrait of Bruyas by Delacroix at Montpelli...
- in note 29:
...late 1886 Theo had been dealing in the work of Degas. It emerges from a number of undated letters wr...
- 735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.
- in note 13:
...n had spoken well of Vincent’s Arles work to Degas. This passage about painting the women of Arles...
- in note 12:
...pondence reveals his increasing admiration for Degas, whom he saw as a professional and personal rol...
- in translation:
..., though I was more than insensible, I can tell you as a curiosity that I kept thinking about Degas.
Gauguin and I had talked about Degas before, and I pointed out to Gauguin that Degas had said this:.....
Now, you who know how subtle Degas is, once you’re back in Paris, tell Degas that I admit to you th...
- 749 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 16 March 1889.
- in note 3:
...work by Monet and Rodin, as well as pastels by Degas, at the branch at 19 boulevard Montmartre. Ten ...
- 752 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 24 March 1889.
- in note 8:
Regarding Degas’s lifestyle, see letter 603, n. 7.
- in translation:
... accepting my profession as a madman just like Degas took on the form of a notary. But there it is, ...
- 766 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 2 May 1889.
- in translation:
...he means to live in it, the proof Puvis de C., Degas and others. I’m sure that if you want you can...
- 768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.
- in note 4:
Theo had written about Puvis de Chavannes and Degas (not about Delacroix, as Vincent writes here). Se...
- 777 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, between about Friday, 31 May and about Thursday, 6 June 1889.
- in note 3:
...ue of peinture à l’essence – much used by Degas, Manet and Toulouse-Lautrec – in which the oi...
- 781 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 16 June 1889.
- in translation:
...x, Millet, Ricard, and above all Daumier. Some Degas were put in it, but he had them taken out. Gaug...
- 801 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 10 September 1889.
- in translation:
Isn’t that true – and then Degas says that it’s too expensive to drink in the bars while doing ...
- 817 Paul Gauguin to Vincent van Gogh. Le Pouldu, between about Sunday, 10 and Wednesday, 13 November 1889.
- in translation:
... of). A woman seated, vines in a red triangle. Degas doesn’t understand, that man. In this order o...
- 844 Paul Gauguin to Vincent van Gogh. Le Pouldu, Wednesday, 22 or Thursday, 23 January 1890.
- in note 2:
...ere on display, as well as paintings by Manet, Degas, Cézanne, Pissarro, Sisley and Guillaumin from...
- 850 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
- in note 5:
...ue? Here in France, no longer. To prove that, Mr Degas, for one ... recently had words with Mr Antoni...
- 852 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 9 February 1890.
- in note 3:
Theo and Willemien probably visited Degas in his studio at 19 rue Fontaine on 17 January 1890. This, ...
- in translation:
...d. She’s a good girl. I was once with her at Degas’s place; he said that she reminded him of sev...
- 854 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890.
- in translation:
...eat deal. I consider that she was lucky to see Degas at his home. I still think that she would above...
- 856 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
- in translation:
...h sometimes, and make merry a little or even a lot. I think you were lucky to see Degas at his home.
4 essay items found
- Correspondents / Artist friends
- in correspondents_3:
...ers of the ‘grands boulevards’. He counted Degas, Monet, Renoir, Sisley and Camille Pissarro amo...
...y with Camille Pissarro and was a friend of Edgar Degas. The stories about the bohemian who had aban...
- Publication history / The first standard editions
- in publications_3:
...ard for personal reasons, partly on account of Degas, saw fit to omit several words, not to mention ...
Letters to Bernard 1938, p. 7. Degas was a good customer of Vollard’s, and also published his print...
- About this edition / Note on the translation
- in about_4:
...Nor were antiquated forms of proper names retained, so for example ‘De Gas’ becomes ‘Degas’.
- Van Gogh as a letter-writer / The letters: from conventional to personal
- in letter_writer_2:
...u’ and the Hague School. Artists like Manet, Degas, Pissarro, Monet and Cézanne had begun making ...
2 other items found
- Documentation
- in documentation:
...f
the paintings speaking. Degas is surprisingly taken with Gauguin’s
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- Chronology
- in 1888:
...robably visits the exhibition of pastels by Edgar Degas and paintings by Gauguin organized by Theo a...
Term(s):
Dated between:
29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
(Hilaire Germain) Edgar Degas (1834-1917) French artist
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