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- RM08 Prose passage copied from Henri Conscience’s Le conscrit (The conscript). Ramsgate or Isleworth, between about July and November 1876.
- in note 1:
... Gogh knew Scènes de la vie flamande, by Henri Conscience, translated by Léon Wocquier. First serie...
- 089 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876.
- in translation:
...ories in the evening, such as Le conscrit by Conscience, and Madame Therèse by Erckmann-Chatrian and...
- in note 3:
...lic village, titled De loteling (1850) by Henri Conscience. It recounts the heartrending story of Jan...
- 093 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 7 and Sunday, 8 October 1876.
- in translation:
...a too, and now that I hear you’re going home with Ma it makes me think of a passage in Conscience:
- in note 7:
Excerpt from Henri Conscience, Le conscrit (The conscript). Van Gogh left out several passages. A com...
- 143 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 3 April 1878.
- in translation:
...ion, or The conscript by Degroux (or else by Conscience), or his Apothecary, or The large oaks by Dup...
- in note 19:
For Henri Conscience, Le conscrit, see letter 89.
- 476 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 16 December 1884.
- in translation:
...ings that are in the sentiment of the writer Conscience, for instance. But one must see his Saying gr...
- 798 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 2 September 1889.
- in translation:
... a book, I can’t remember which one, by Henri Conscience. It’s excessively sentimental if you lik...
He – Conscience – described a brand-new little house with a bright red slate roof in the full sun...
- in note 13:
...described in the novel La maison bleue by Henri Conscience: ‘From either side of its door climbed a...
- 800 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 5 and Friday, 6 September 1889.
- in translation:
Anyway, Henri Conscience isn’t a perfect writer at all, but here and there, more or less everywhere...
- in note 7:
This refers to the preface to Conscience’s Le conscrit, from which Van Gogh had already copied out ...
- 856 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
- in translation:
..., are we as brand new as the old Belgian, Henri Conscience? Ah, that’s why I was pleased with the s...
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (1812-1883) Belgian writer
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