6 letters found

1. 555 To Theo van Gogh, Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 28 January 1886.

   in note 7:

   Eugène Siberdt had been teaching at the Antwerp Academy since 1883. During Van Gogh’s time there, ...

   in translation:

   ...u know what they think about it? The teacher, Siberdt, purposely sent for him and said that if he da...

2. 557 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Tuesday, 2 February 1886.

   in translation:

   Then Siberdt, that’s the name of the teacher — who also takes the life class — said, as for you...

   It was just after I got your letter that Siberdt came to look over the drawings — (mine was a head ...

3. 559 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Saturday, 6 February 1886.

   in translation:

   That Siberdt, the teacher of the antique, who spoke to me at first as I told you, definitely tried to...

   ...ork among themselves, and I’ve said, not to Siberdt but outside the class to some of the fellows, ...

4. 561 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 11 February 1886.

   in note 3:

   Probably something Van Gogh put into the mouth of his teacher Verlat or Siberdt by way of example.

5. 563 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, Tuesday, 16 or Wednesday, 17 February 1886.

   in translation:

   I heard yesterday that Siberdt — the teacher — had said somewhere that I had a good understanding...

6. 566 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Wednesday, 24 February 1886.

   in note 2:

   See for this clash with Siberdt: letter 563.

   in translation:

   ...cast, and since I wrote and told you that the teacher had indirectly let it be known that he hadn’...

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1. Chronology

   in 1886:

   ...e end of the painting course he joins the daytime drawing class given by Eugène Siberdt (555, 557).