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003 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, mid-January 1873.
in note 3:
...ders of his savings to help us out. Lies and Willemien needed new clothes and Ma will use the money ...
...t us 25 guilders of his savings to help us out. Lies and Willemien needed new clothes and Ma will use...
010 To Willem and Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek. London, Wednesday, 2 July 1873.
in note 10:
...nt probably copied the text from the transcript Lies made for him (which has not survived). This pres...
in translation:
Our Elisabeth copied it out for me on my last evening in Helvoirt, because she knew how much I liked ...
in note 6:
Elisabeth (Lies) Huberta van Gogh, sister of Van Gogh. She informed Theo that she was copying out a p...
011 To Theo van Gogh. London, Sunday, 20 July 1873.
in translation:
...It’s Brabant to a T, and I’m so fond of it. Lies copied it out for me on my last evening at home....
022 To Theo van Gogh. London, Thursday, 30 April 1874.
in note 3:
...l. 1698. Van Gogh sent the same photograph to his sister Lies for her birthday on 16 May (FR b2708).
027 To Theo van Gogh. London, Friday, 31 July 1874.
in note 13:
...o: ‘Vincent did a fair amount of drawing, for Lies, the bedroom window and a piece of the front doo...
031 To Theo van Gogh. London, Tuesday, 6 April 1875.
in note 7:
Mr van Gogh planned to visit Theo soon. Lies wrote to Theo: ‘How nice it was for you that Pa came t...
RM05 Pages sent to Theo with a story addressed to several writers and sundry quotations. Between May and June 1875.
in note 1:
...e below the fragment in the album from Theo, Elisabeth’s remark about ‘That piece from Vincent�...
... texts included in the album that Theo made for Lies, see Louis van Tilborgh, ‘Notes on a donation:...
033 To Theo van Gogh. London, Saturday, 8 May 1875.
in note 2:
...recovery for Annet Haanebeek. On 26 April 1875, Lies wrote to Theo: ‘This poor Annet Haanebeek you ...
037 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 6 July 1875.
in note 4:
... Van Gogh family, as emerges from a letter from Lies to Theo: ‘I do know that print you wrote to me...
039 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 24 July 1875.
in translation:
I hear that Anna and Lies are at home; I’d like to see them again. I wish you the very best, and wr...
040 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 13 August 1875.
in translation:
... the circumstances I also think it good that Willemien is going along with Anna. I’d also have lik...
in note 3:
...to visit his father at Helvoirt; Anna, Lies, Willemien and Cor were also there (FR b2350 and b2351)....
...had gone to visit his father at Helvoirt; Anna, Lies, Willemien and Cor were also there (FR b2350 and...
in note 2:
...offered too little’ for Vincent’s sister Willemien, it was decided that for the time being she w...
054 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 6 October 1875.
in translation:
...he opportunity to send a package to Anna and Willemien. Among other things I sent her L’imitation ...
059 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 4 December 1875.
in note 2:
Their sister Willemien was also not going to be there at Christmas.
063 Willemien van Gogh to Vincent and Theo van Gogh. Welwyn, Sunday, 19 December 1875.
in translation:
Wil.
in note 1:
Willemien was staying with Anna.
064 Anna van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Welwyn, Thursday, 30 December 1875.
in translation:
...sending this letter to you to ask you to put Willemien’s portrait and our letters on Pa and Ma’s...
065 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 10 January 1876.
in note 2:
Mr van Gogh also wrote about this matter to Lies, who then told Theo: ‘Pa says that although he is ...
074 Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, Vincent van Gogh and Theodorus van Gogh to Theo van Gogh. Etten, Tuesday, 4 April 1876.
in note 16:
Anna and Willemien, both of whom lived in Welwyn.
in translation:
Good letters from the girls as well – Lies also speaks of you with so much warmth.
...ul that you’ll be seeing each other, and also Lies, who’s coming on Thursday. We’re awfully sor...
I’m so glad that I’ll see you, and Lies too, before my departure.
Good letters from the girls as well – Lies also speaks of you with so much warmth.
076 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Ramsgate, Monday, 17 April 1876.
in note 13:
Albertina Ludovica Brugsma, a friend of Lies, who was staying with the Van Goghs in Etten.
in translation:
...how much we think of the others, of Theo, and of Anna and the other sisters and of little brother.
... you, thank you for everything. Many regards to Lies, Albertine and little brother, and in thought a ...
078 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Friday, 21 April 1876.
in translation:
I hope so much that Anna will find something; Willemien will be going home soon now.
in note 3:
Willemien had been staying with Anna at Welwyn since mid-August 1875; on 13 May 1876 she travelled ba...
082 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Friday, 12 May 1876.
in translation:
Willemien may be already there on 21 May. I see from your letter that you’re also thinking of going...
...dshake, and congratulations on the birthdays of Lies and Cor, and also on 21 May. Regards to everyone...
in note 9:
Lies’s birthday was 16 May; Cor’s birthday was 17 May.
083 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Wednesday, 31 May 1876.
in note 1:
Cor, Willemien, Lies and Theo were in Etten on 21 May; Anna and Vincent, who were both living in Engl...
Cor, Willemien, Lies and Theo were in Etten on 21 May; Anna and Vincent, who were both living in Engl...
087 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Wednesday, 2 August 1876.
in translation:
...you’d be coming home for a day while Anna and Lies were still there; write and tell me if that happ...
089 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876.
in note 11:
...godliness was viewed with dismay by his family. Lies, for example, wrote to Theo on 18 August: ‘I b...
in translation:
When Lies came home at Christmas we had such a nice reunion. She and Albertien came from Breda in Unc...
in note 35:
Albertina Brugsma, a school friend of Lies, spent the Christmas holidays with the Van Gogh family in ...
098 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Isleworth, Friday, 17 and Saturday, 18 November 1876.
in translation:
...d now good-night to you both and to Theo and Willemien and Cor, I’m longing again for a letter fro...
100 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 31 December 1876.
in translation:
...Year. I’m writing in great haste, Anna and the girls and Cor went to Princenhage, and Pa wanted me...
in note 6:
His other sisters, Willemien and Elisabeth.
His other sisters, Willemien and Elisabeth.
108 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Friday, 16 March 1877.
in translation:
My hearty congratulations to you on Willemien’s birthday, what a nice girl she’s become. From Pa ...
in note 2:
Willemien turned 15 on 16 March. She received not only the books mentioned in this letter but also on...
115 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 21 and Tuesday, 22 May 1877.
in note 17:
...bination that attracted me.’ Letter to Willemien van Gogh, The Hague, 13 January 1889 (private coll...
123 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 27 July 1877.
in note 5:
...e means necessary’ (FR b2549, 6 August 1877). Lies wrote to her brother optimistically: ‘How wond...
127 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 18 August 1877.
in note 35:
...gh told Theo of the Strickers’ dismay. For Willemien, too, ‘who simply adored Margreet and had s...
129 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 4 September 1877.
in translation:
Herewith a note for Anna and for Lies, do write something on it and send it when Ma’s birthday is a...
in note 1:
This unknown letter sent by Vincent to Elisabeth was probably what prompted her to write a short whil...
136 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 December 1877.
in note 38:
...arents, Van Gogh sent a present to Etten for Willemien, namely a Dutch translation of the book Herma...
...ted by other liturgical texts or hymns), and Elisabeth received H.C. Andersen’s Vertellingen van d...
139 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 9 and Thursday, 10 January 1878.
in note 2:
...hat the visit had gone well (FR b961 and b966); Lies reacted somewhat scornfully: ‘And so the churc...
144 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 13 May 1878.
in translation:
You’ll have heard that Lies didn’t pass her exam and has fallen ill, and that because she longed ...
in note 2:
Around 8 May, Lies spent two days sitting her exams in English and French, but she was ill and did no...
150 To Theo van Gogh. Wasmes, between Tuesday, 4 and Saturday, 15 March 1879.
in note 1:
...ic after that journey in Vincent’s behalf and the worries about Lies’ (FR b2464, 10 March 1879).
163 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Brussels, on or about Wednesday, 16 February 1881.
in translation:
...the manner of those scrapbooks that Theo and Willemien used to have. For if I have that a bit more c...
168 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, end of June 1881.
in note 15:
Drawings for which Willemien posed are not known. Hulsker suspects that F 849 / JH 11 was made from a...
in note 14:
On 2 July 1881 Willemien began work as a governess in the employ of the widow Adriana Maria Scheffer-...
in translation:
Willemien has left and I’m sorry, she poses very well, I have a drawing of her and one of another g...
RM12 Probably Etten, second half of 1881. Possibly sent to Anna van Gogh. Copy of the poem ‘St Jerome’s love’ by Thomas Moore.
in note 1:
...Saint-Rémy: at the end of letter 832 to Willemien van Gogh, and on a loose sheet belonging to the es...
185 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 18 November 1881.
in note 4:
According to Elisabeth van Gogh, her brother had his studio in an annexe by the parsonage, which had ...
187 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 19 November 1881.
in translation:
...w corresponding continuously with our sister Willemien, who’s on sentry duty and will warn me. Bec...
in note 24:
On 15 November 1881 Willemien had moved to Haarlem with the family she worked for as a governess (see...
189 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Wednesday, 23 November 1881.
in translation:
However, I consider that just as unlikely as my ending up marrying my dear sister Willemien.
191 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between Thursday, 1 and Saturday, 3 December 1881.
in translation:
I also went briefly to see Willemien, who looks well and healthy and cheerful. What a sweet girl she�...
in note 6:
Willemien, who was 19 at the time, had meanwhile moved to Haarlem and was keeping Vincent up to date ...
193 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, on or about Friday, 23 December 1881.
in translation:
... agreeably with our dear sister Willemien, and I took a walk with her, and in the ...
234 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 1 and Friday, 2 June 1882.
in translation:
... and uses expressions that our little sister Willemien, for example, who was brought up very differe...
247 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 July 1882.
in note 2:
...e address De Berg F 523. They were followed by Willemien on 22 November. See De Brouwer 1984, p. 13.
261 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 9 September 1882.
in translation:
...hether I told you that I’ve had a letter from Wil in which she gives a quite charming description ...
366 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 24 July 1883.
in note 1:
Theo supported his father, his mother, his sister Willemien, Marie and Vincent (see letter 394).
394 To Theo van Gogh. Hoogeveen, Friday, 12 October 1883.
in translation:
Make no mistake, Theo, at this moment Pa, Ma, Wil, Marie, and I above all, are supported by you; it s...
...my reasons for it. If I were to say to Ma or to Wil or Lies, pose for me, it would have to happen. ...
...at you have your hands free. And again, Pa, Ma, Wil, Marie, I, in a word all of us, think much more ...
...my reasons for it. If I were to say to Ma or to Wil or Lies, pose for me, it would have to happen.
in note 8:
Willemien had already posed for him; see letter 168.
404 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Thursday, 8 November 1883.
in translation:
... we have in hand, but everyone at home, Pa, Ma, Wil, Marie and we ourselves, too, have to understand...
408 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Saturday, 1 December 1883.
in translation:
...ere I am because I have to take care of Pa, Ma, Wil and Marie’, and (although you didn’t mention...
425 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Friday, 18 and Saturday, 19 January 1884.
in translation:
...ther, before everything’s all right again. Willemien is doing famously, and it’s fortunate that ...
Lies is rather feeble — she felt very faint again yesterday.
426 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 20 January 1884.
in translation:
... I’m just glad I’m here because, since my sisters are also weak, I can find plenty for me to do....
My sisters are otherwise not doing badly. The one who’s usually in Soesterberg is the weakest.
...n hardly find words to describe how bravely the one who was at home when you were with us is bearing...
My sisters are otherwise not doing badly. The one who’s usually in Soesterberg is the weakest.
in note 2:
Willemien, whom Van Rappard got to know in early June 1881 when he stayed in Etten (cf. letter 168).
in note 1:
...ridden with cancer, was later also cared for by Willemien (cf. letter 763). She died on 17 May 1889.
From 1880 onwards Elisabeth, who was staying with her parents to regain her strength, looked after Ca...
427 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between about Monday, 21 and Thursday, 24 January 1884.
in translation:
Wil is bearing up admirably.
428 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 3 February 1884.
in translation:
...and sad, and their normal development thwarted. We don’t want to anticipate things, though.sisters
429 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Wednesday, 13 February 1884.
in translation:
Lies has left again, it’s a lot of hard work for Wil.
Lies has left again, it’s a lot of hard work for Wil.
in note 2:
... greatly and it will be particularly hard on Willemien, who relied on her so much. Fortunately they ...
Elisabeth looked after C.M.L. du Quesne van Bruchem-Van Willis; see letter 426, n. 1. Mr van Gogh had...
430 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between Monday, 18 and Saturday, 23 February 1884.
in translation:
...iginally came from you and that I borrowed from Lies — the poems of François Coppée. I knew only ...
432 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 2 March 1884.
in translation:
...eldom, see such good care as she gives’. What Wil does is exemplary, exemplary, I shan’t easily ...
To mention just one thing, it’s definitely her fault that Ma has so few bedsores (which started ver...
451 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 2 July 1884.
in note 10:
Their sister Elisabeth had aspirations as a writer. Mrs van Gogh wrote this month about Vincent’s s...
in translation:
...till not making much progress with her walking. Wil’s gone to Noordwijk, and that’s a good thing...
...s gone to Noordwijk, and that’s a good thing. Lies has been here, but I thought that her work hadn�...
in note 9:
Willemien was on holiday with her sister Anna and Joan van Houten and their family in a boarding hous...
452 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 20 July 1884.
in note 5:
... allusion to a statue of Apollo in a letter to his sister Elisabeth dated 13 October 1885 (FR b904).
464 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Thursday, 2 October 1884.
in note 1:
...tured to be away from home for some days, while Wil was home. But this calm gave way to aggression a...
484 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 2 March 1885.
in translation:
...in our sisters, say, either one of them. But if Wil were a Frenchwoman rather than a minister’s da...
486 To Theo van Gogh, c/o Messrs Goupil, 19 boulevard Montmartre, Paris. Telegram, sent from Eindhoven, Friday, 27 March 1885.
in note 1:
...nown eyewitness account of this was given by Willemien: ‘Pa went out in the morning healthy and in...
489 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 4 April 1885.
in note 2:
Elisabeth van Gogh later recalled: ‘When Father died and Mrs Poots wanted to see Father once again,...
490 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 6 April 1885.
in note 14:
...was these very ‘youngsters’ – Lies and Willemien – who made their shares available to Vincen...
...rch 1889 it was these very ‘youngsters’ – Lies and Willemien – who made their shares availabl...
in translation:
It’s likely that Ma, Wil and Cor will go to Leiden next year. Then I’ll be the only one of us who...
...d that’s stupid and unwise. As long as Ma and Wil are here, nothing unpleasant will happen between...
in note 9:
Willemien later wrote to her friend Line Kruysse about this incident with Anna: ‘[Vincent’s] disa...
In a memoir of her sister Lies, Anna wrote (probably in 1923): ‘The summer that Pa died I spent sev...
493 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 13 April 1885.
in translation:
... course, things are all right with Ma and the sisters — nevertheless I see and feel it’s so much...
506 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 2 June 1885.
in translation:
...ember with how much warmth I wrote to you about Wil when Ma was ill. Well now, it’s been such a sh...
in note 23:
See for Willemien’s exemplary care of her mother: letter 432.
507 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 9 June 1885.
in note 10:
...n Hoorn. Kerssemakers and Vincent’s sister Elisabeth remembered the nest collection – wren’s n...
523 To Hendrik Jan Furnée. Nuenen, Wednesday, 5 August 1885.
in note 2:
...e of the estate. In March 1889 Elisabeth and Willemien made their shares available to Vincent – ev...
...ve up his share of the estate. In March 1889 Elisabeth and Willemien made their shares available to ...
530 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between about Friday, 21 and about Wednesday, 26 August 1885
in note 3:
...l members of the family financially, including his mother, his sister Willemien and his brother Cor.
536 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 20 October 1885.
in note 1:
... is clear from what Theo wrote to his sister Elisabeth on 13 October 1885 that he had faith in Vince...
540 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 11 November 1885.
in translation:
Since it struck me — and because Wil said when I spoke to her about it that she’d also noticed th...
in note 2:
...d), to Amsterdam, where she and her daughter Willemien were to stay with J.P. Stricker. A visit was ...
541 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 14 November 1885.
in translation:
...-like cool and calm. Anyhow — I’ll speak to Wil about it, and either I may go there or Ma may co...
...u what I’ve arranged with Wil. I’ll suggest she goes to ...
542 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 17 November 1885.
in translation:
..., and with the good care that Ma gets thanks to Wil there’s little chance of ‘contracting some d...
548 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 17 December 1885.
in note 8:
Mrs van Gogh and her daughter Willemien were evidently staying in Leiderdorp with Anna and Joan van H...
552 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, between Tuesday, 12 and Saturday, 16 January 1886.
in note 10:
... emerges from a letter written by his sister Elisabeth during this period. On 21 January 1886 she wr...
557 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Tuesday, 2 February 1886.
in note 8:
...straat, district B, no. 649bis, on 30 March. Willemien went to live with her (FR b1838). Vincent wou...
571 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, between about Sunday, 17 and Tuesday, 19 July 1887.
in translation:
... your visit over there, give my mother, Cor and Wil my warm regards. And if you can see that I’m n...
574 To Willemien van Gogh. Paris, late October 1887.
in note 19:
... reprint. We know from a letter from Theo to Willemien, dated Monday, 25 April 1887, that Tolstoy’...
in translation:
My dear little sister,
...to study in order to write. No, my dear little sister, learn to dance or fall in love with one or mor...
577 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 21 February 1888.
in note 1:
In a letter written to his sister Willemien on 24 and 26 February 1888, Theo reported that Vincent le...
578 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 24 February 1888.
in note 8:
...short time. See also the letter from Theo to Willemien van Gogh (Documentation, 24 and 26 February 1...
579 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 24 February 1888.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 4:
...Gogh undoubtedly chose in order to appeal to Willemien’s frame of reference. (Van Gogh was to refe...
in note 2:
...ut it is more likely that he is quoting from Willemien’s last letter: she must have read the book ...
in note 1:
...t is replying here to an unknown letter from Willemien, in which she must have expressed her disappo...
582 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 2 March 1888.
in note 12:
...sed letter to Koning is not known. Theo told Willemien about Koning in his letter of 14 March 1888: ...
in note 9:
...own and the exhibition is the best means of doing it’ (FR b915, Theo to Willemien, 14 March 1888).
590 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 30 March 1888.
in note 12:
...om in a glass with a book (F 393 / JH 1362). Willemien did indeed have the work in her possession. S...
in note 11:
Willemien turned 26 on 16 March.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 9:
...rformances of Wagner in Paris. Theo wrote to Willemien about it: ‘And before Vincent left I went t...
in note 1:
Willemien and Mrs van Gogh wrote to Vincent on the occasion of his thirty-fifth birthday on 30 March....
591 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 1 April 1888.
in note 3:
...s offprint that Van Gogh had received from his sister, because it had the portrait of Mauve on the fi...
592 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 3 April 1888.
in translation:
Let’s suppose we also gave our sister some study or other.
...ve, J.H. Weissenbruch, Tersteeg, our mother and Wil, in the past few days, I’ve felt more emotion ...
in note 8:
...mised Sprig of almond blossom in a glass with a book (F 393 / JH 1362) to Willemien. See letter 590.
in note 3:
...87. At the time Vincent wrote in a letter to Willemien that Theo’s family and friends in Amsterdam...
600 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 20 April 1888.
in note 4:
...heo combined his business trip to Brussels with a visit to his mother and sister Willemien in Breda.
602 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 1 May 1888.
in translation:
I’m very pleased that you found our mother and sister well.
in note 23:
Their mother and their sister Willemien lived in Breda.
603 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
in translation:
Take our sister Wil, she has neither drunk nor led a wild life, and yet we know a photograph of her i...
in note 5:
... the estate there are various photographs of Willemien at about 20 years old; Van Gogh may have had ...
615 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 May 1888.
in translation:
Our two sisters will doubtless be quite happy to come to Paris and it won’t do them any harm, that�...
in note 7:
Theo wanted his sisters Lies and Willemien to come to Paris. In the end Willemien came alone and stay...
Theo wanted his sisters Lies and Willemien to come to Paris. In the end Willemien came alone and stay...
625 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 15 and Saturday, 16 June 1888.
in note 14:
...he harvest (F 1484 / JH 1438), to his sister Willemien (see letter 626). The no. 30 canvas is The ha...
in note 24:
Willemien and Mrs van Gogh had written: see letter 626.
626 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between Saturday, 16 and Wednesday, 20 June 1888.
in note 15:
...n Gogh’s family and friends either. Theo sent Lies a copy on 13 October 1885, and Andries Bonger wr...
in translation:
Embracing you and Ma in thought.
in note 8:
... 1440), which measures 73 x 92 cm, once belonged to Willemien. See Account book 2002, p. 20 (n. 33).
in note 22:
...in a glass with a book (F 393 / JH 1362) for Willemien. She also once owned the painting Orchard bor...
in note 21:
Mrs van Gogh and Willemien moved from Nieuwe Ginnekenstraat to Nieuwe Haagdijk in Breda in April 1888...
in note 20:
Evidently Willemien had mentioned the death of Carel Vosmaer; the writer had died on 12 June 1888. Va...
635 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 1 July 1888.
in translation:
Good that you’re bringing our sisters over.
642 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 15 July 1888.
in translation:
If our sisters could bring us some more wood engravings and things like Gavarni’s La masquerade hum...
652 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in translation:
...ger suffering — I received the news from our sister this morning. It seems that they’re more or l...
I’ll write to our sister today; they’ll all be feeling very sad.
As our sister says, from the moment that people are no longer there, we remember only their good mome...
If you go to Holland, my warm regards to our mother and sister. Handshake.
in note 7:
In a letter to Willemien van Gogh, Roulin described himself as ‘Entreposeur des Postes’ (FR b710;...
653 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in translation:
My dear sister,
660 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 13 August 1888.
in note 13:
Willemien stayed with Theo for a couple of weeks; she went to Paris on 15 August (FR b2421) and staye...
...til early September (letter 672). Originally Elisabeth was to have gone with her; cf. letter 615, n....
in translation:
Now our sister will come soon to spend some time with you; I have no doubt that she’ll enjoy hersel...
662 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 15 August 1888.
in translation:
... see the package sent off, and in this way our sister will see my studies, which isn’t a matter of ...
666 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 21 or Wednesday, 22 August 1888.
in note 11:
This letter to Willemien was letter 667.
667 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 21 or Wednesday, 22 August 1888.
in translation:
My dear sister,
669 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 26 August 1888.
in translation:
...ned. Certainly, it isn’t impossible that our sister will come later and live with us. It’s a good...
670 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 26 August 1888.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 2:
Willemien took Vincent’s advice. As early as October 1888 she wrote to Theo: ‘Your Whitman’s do...
671 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 29 or Thursday, 30 August 1888.
in translation:
I really hope that our sister will also have seen the Luxembourg by now.
Handshake to you and to our sister.
673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.
in translation:
Yesterday I received a letter from our sister, who has seen many things. Ah, if she could marry an ar...
in note 3:
...hing, as we learn from a letter to Theo from Willemien: ‘Haven’t you found a housemate yet? Pity...
674 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 4 September 1888.
in translation:
...vague way that I’d really like it if our own sister and she were to meet. I always have hopes that ...
...ause I really hope that you’ll still find time to tell me more about our sister’s stay with you.
678 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 9 and about Friday, 14 September 1888.
in note 16:
...rs van Gogh – who was now 69 – had given Willemien the photograph to take to Paris (FR b2421). I...
in note 10:
Assuming Willemien actually did take a painting, two works from the Arles period qualify: Sprig of al...
in translation:
My dear sister,
My dear sister, I believe that at present we must paint nature’s rich and magnificent aspects; we n...
in note 7:
On 19 October 1888 Willemien wrote to Theo and told him that she got great pleasure from the Japanese...
in note 4:
...recommended Loti’s Le mariage de Loti to his sister (letter 590), and she was also familiar with hi...
in note 1:
Vincent had received this letter from Willemien on Sunday, 2 September; see letter 673.
681 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 16 September 1888.
in note 5:
For painting at night, which Vincent had also written to Willemien about, see letter 678, n. 13.
691 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Saturday, 29 September 1888.
in note 4:
In a letter to Willemien van Gogh, Roulin gave his address as ‘Rue de la Montagne des Cordes 10’ ...
702 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 10 or Thursday, 11 October 1888.
in note 11:
Van Gogh wrote this in letter 670 to Willemien, and in letter 689 to Theo.
704 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 15 October 1888.
in note 1:
... know from a letter Theo wrote to his sister Willemien (6 December 1888) that he had received twenty...
711 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 23 October 1888.
in note 5:
...n 28 October (see letter 713). Theo wrote to Willemien on 6 December 1888 that Isaäcson was also sp...
719 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 11 or Monday, 12 November 1888.
in note 1:
... her late husband; see letter 590, n. 5. Willemien van Gogh wrote on 23 December 1888 to Theo and Jo ...
720 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 12 November 1888.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 4:
... 678, n. 16. There is no surviving letter to Willemien in which Van Gogh writes that he does not lik...
in note 3:
In October 1888 Willemien had stayed for a while with the Korteweg family in Middelharnis. On 19 Octo...
721 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 19 November 1888.
in note 13:
Vincent had asked his sister Willemien in letter 720 to send him Jet Mauve’s address by return post...
722 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Wednesday, 21 November 1888.
in note 3:
... letter 708). On 6 December 1888 he wrote to Willemien about De Haan: ‘His earlier work somewhat r...
726 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 17 or Tuesday, 18 December 1888.
in note 29:
...t was similar to what he wrote to his sister Willemien on 6 December 1888: ‘Degas is terribly plea...
732 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.
in note 13:
...yed with him the whole day. See Joseph Roulin to Willemien van Gogh, Documentation, 8 January 1889.
in note 11:
...bout Vincent’s condition to his mother and Willemien; their letters to Theo of 29 and 30 December ...
in translation:
...gly, caused a delay. I’ll write to Mother and Wil one of these days, I must also write to Jet Mauv...
I’ve written a line to Mother and to Wil, which I addressed to our sister with the sole aim of reas...
733 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus and Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.
in translation:
Dearest mother and sister,
...ing to Jet Mauve, which I hope to do very soon, though, and thank Wil very much for her last letter.
735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.
in note 16:
Mrs van Gogh and Willemien lived in Breda.
736 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 17 January 1889.
in note 14:
...1889 Theo wrote to his sisters Elisabeth and Willemien: ‘Fortunately I have good news from Vincent...
On 24 January 1889 Theo wrote to his sisters Elisabeth and Willemien: ‘Fortunately I have good news...
741 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 22 January 1889.
in translation:
And with your wife you’ll cease to be alone, which I’d so wish for our sister Wil too.
747 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 18 February 1889.
in translation:
Mother and our sister also wrote to me, the latter was very upset about the sick woman she was caring...
... seize our fate in whatever form it comes. Our sister wrote to me that your fiancée would come to st...
in note 9:
...21 February to 7 March with Mrs van Gogh and Willemien in Breda. See Brief happiness 1999 pp. 174, 1...
in note 8:
Willemien and her sister Elisabeth were nursing Catharina du Quesne van Bruchem-Van Willis (see lette...
Willemien and her sister Elisabeth were nursing Catharina du Quesne van Bruchem-Van Willis (see lette...
749 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 16 March 1889.
in note 1:
...e previous day, 15 March 1889, to his sister Willemien: ‘I cannot tell you how sad it sometimes ma...
Several days earlier, the sisters Elisabeth and Willemien had placed their share of the inheritance o...
750 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 19 March 1889.
in translation:
How are Mother and our sister? Having nothing else to distract me – I’m even forbidden to smoke �...
...st. I shake your hand most cordially in thought, regards to your fiancée, to Mother and our sister.
in note 4:
...ollowed on 26 February. In a later letter to Willemien, Vincent wrote that he had had four serious a...
751 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 22 March 1889.
in translation:
...in thought, tell your fiancée, Mother and our sister not to worry about me, and to believe that I’...
752 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 24 March 1889.
in translation:
... asking you to give my warm regards to Mother, Sister and your fiancée, your brother who loves you d...
753 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 29 March 1889.
in translation:
... this letter to leave today I must end it. Handshake, bon voyage, kind regards to Mother and Sister.
760 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 21 April 1889.
in translation:
...a little news of what you say about Mother and Sister and whether they’re well, tell them to take m...
762 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 24 April 1889.
in translation:
...r than I can tell you. We left Mother and the sisters in perfect health. Ma seems to be getting yo...
...very much, above all because Jo and herself and Wil get on perfectly, moreover she has something so ...
in note 4:
On 31 March Mrs van Gogh and Willemien had travelled with Theo from Breda to Amsterdam (FR b2432), wh...
763 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 28 April 1889.
in translation:
I’ve had a letter from Wil, who’s going back to Mrs du Quesne’s, a very nice letter. Ah, cancer...
764 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between about Sunday, 28 April and Thursday, 2 May 1889.
in note 17:
Elisabeth and Willemien were nursing the sick Mrs du Quesne in Soesterberg, as emerges from Theo’s ...
Elisabeth and Willemien were nursing the sick Mrs du Quesne in Soesterberg, as emerges from Theo’s ...
in note 15:
It is not known which book Willemien wrote about. Van Gogh writes ‘Drône’, but he certainly misr...
in translation:
My dear sister,
I don’t know if Lies is in Soesterberg at the moment, if she’s there, kind regards from me.
767 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 2 May 1889.
in translation:
...es, in the future there would possibly be our sisters too for whom we should try to provide. Perhaps...
in note 5:
Vincent is referring to Willemien and Elisabeth; Anna, the eldest of the three sisters, was already m...
Vincent is referring to Willemien and Elisabeth; Anna, the eldest of the three sisters, was already m...
768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.
in translation:
...ea of sacrifice in it – I was writing to our sister the other day that throughout my life, or almos...
... I’ll send it to you when I’ve finished it. Wil wrote me a kind letter, still very firm and calm...
in note 2:
Vincent wrote this to Willemien in letter 764.
771 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 1889.
in note 10:
Mrs van Gogh and Willemien lived in Breda; Jo’s parents lived in Amsterdam.
in translation:
...e — I’ve heard so much about you, both from Wil and from Theo — and here in the house there ar...
...ugh I actually knew that you’d prefer it, but Wil told me that she always just wrote in Dutch. As ...
Lies and Wil have a little plan to come here together this summer, how I’d like that, particularl...
Lies and Wil have a little plan to come here together this summer, how I’d like that, particularl...
780 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 16 June 1889.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 4:
In letter 764 to Willemien, Vincent had compared love to a microbe.
783 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 25 June 1889.
in translation:
I have received, from one of our sisters probably, a book by Rod which is not bad but whose title, Le...
... book has made a great impression on our good sisters. Wil had moreover spoken to me of it, but the ...
784 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in translation:
...And as you’ve already written to me, and our sister has too, that she seems to have got younger, I ...
785 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in note 10:
...er 753, n. 8. Van Gogh also quoted the inscription in his previous letter to Willemien (letter 764).
in translation:
My dear sister,
...nt mastery of my mind to write. I thank you and Lies for the Rod book which I’ve finished and which...
in note 4:
...is, a cancer patient nursed by Elisabeth and Willemien, had died in Soesterberg on 17 May 1889 (cf. ...
...uchem-Van Willis, a cancer patient nursed by Elisabeth and Willemien, had died in Soesterberg on 17 ...
786 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 5 July 1889.
in note 2:
Jo’s parents lived in Amsterdam; Mrs van Gogh and Willemien lived in Breda.
788 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, between about Monday, 8 July and about Friday, 12 July 1889.
in translation:
...��s exceptionally firm. What’s more, Theo and Wil wrote to me that you seem to be getting young ag...
in note 1:
Willemien van Gogh also wrote about this letter to Jo on 29 July 1889: ‘I shall ask Vincent for a s...
795 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 16 August 1889.
in note 2:
Jo wrote in more detail to Willemien about Cor’s visit: ‘It was so very nice to have him here, an...
797 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 22 August 1889.
in translation:
Mother and Wil have also written me a very nice letter.
in note 7:
...in letter 793. On 23 August 1889 Jo wrote to Willemien: ‘How can it be, Wil, that of all the paint...
in note 2:
Theo wrote about this to Willemien: ‘The news from Vincent is very bad these last few days, or rath...
798 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 2 September 1889.
in note 11:
Mrs van Gogh and Willemien moved on 2 November 1889 from Breda to Herengracht 100 in Leiden. Van Gogh...
in note 10:
...h intended seven canvases for his mother and Willemien; see letter 803, n. 4. Lies van Gogh had long...
...other and Willemien; see letter 803, n. 4. Lies van Gogh had long had in her possession the small Nu...
in translation:
I must write to Mother and to Wil in the next few days. Wil asked to be sent a painting, and I’d ve...
...inting, and I’d very much like to give one to Lies as well on the same occasion, who doesn’t have...
799 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 5 September 1889.
in note 13:
...(F 474 / JH 1592). Theo wrote about these to Willemien: ‘I submitted two paintings to the exhibiti...
800 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 5 and Friday, 6 September 1889.
in translation:
...se I want to do some more repetitions for the sisters too, and if I undertake new autumnal effects I...
...paintings for Holland, for Mother and the two sisters that will make three, i.e. the reaper, the bed...
in note 31:
... paintings Van Gogh made for his mother and Willemien, see letter 803, n. 4. Lies must be the secon...
...his mother and Willemien, see letter 803, n. 4. Lies must be the second sister referred to here (see ...
803 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.
in translation:
... wasn’t on writing. How very right of you and Wil simply both to have looked for other surrounding...
...lanning to send you a painting before long, and Wil too, I’m working on them, and certainly finish...
in note 4:
...ad finished five canvases for his mother and Willemien: Wheatfield and cypresses (F 743 / JH 1790), ...
in note 3:
Willemien had been staying in Middelharnis, and Mrs van Gogh in Princenhage (FR b2902, b2931).
804 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.
in note 11:
...merges from letter 801. It did eventually come into Willemien’s possession (see also n. 21 below).
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 7:
...crucial, and eventually Yves mends his ways. Willemien probably read this book because Vincent menti...
in note 3:
Willemien had been staying in Middelharnis, and Mrs van Gogh in Princenhage (FR b2902, b2931).
in note 2:
Willemien had written to Vincent between 8 and 12 September (FR b2931).
in note 1:
The last letter to Willemien was letter 785 of 2 July 1889.
in note 21:
...ent of paintings intended for his mother and Willemien, which Vincent sent to Theo in December, did ...
in note 20:
...om Theo was letter 802. This remark prompted Willemien to ask Theo on 2 October 1889: ‘Is Vincent ...
805 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 20 September 1889.
in translation:
Mother and Wil, each for their part after Cor’s departure, have changed surroundings – they were ...
Wil wrote very well, it’s a great grief for them, Cor’s departure.
in note 3:
Willemien had been staying in Middelharnis, and Mrs van Gogh in Princenhage (FR b2902, b2931).
806 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 28 September 1889.
in note 16:
...it in The bedroom (F 483 / JH 1793), the painting intended for his mother and Willemien (see n. 15).
in translation:
...r 5 studies I wanted to give to Mother and our sister. These studies are drying at the moment. It’s...
...me some pleasure to ensure that our sister or sisters have a small collection of paintings. I’ll d...
807 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 4 October 1889.
in translation:
We have good news of Mother and of Wil. Jo is well too, and sends warm regards. Good handshake.
810 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 8 October 1889.
in translation:
...er makes haste in what he does. Our mother and sister will be making their preparations to move house...
811 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 21 October 1889.
in translation:
... a few things seem unimportant and ugly to you. Wil and you can do with them as you wish, and give t...
... do with them as you wish, and give the other sisters a couple of them if you like, that’s why I�...
in note 2:
...r weeks (FR b1901). However, it emerges from Willemien van Gogh’s letter of 3 April 1890 to Dries ...
812 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 21 October 1889.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 8:
...ch Van Gogh said in letter 590 was to be for Willemien. For the other canvases in Willemien’s poss...
815 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 25 October 1889.
in translation:
Our sister told me in her last letter that Isaäcson might go to the Transvaal. My word, that could b...
...d have been someone who could have married our sister. That would be better for him than this journal...
in note 3:
... sent to his mother and sister in Breda, and Willemien attempted to obtain a copy of the magazine, a...
816 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Sunday, 3 November 1889.
in note 10:
Van Gogh had promised his mother and Willemien seven paintings; see letter 811.
823 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 26 November 1889.
in note 9:
Vincent had seven canvases which he intended his mother and Willemien to have; see letter 811.
824 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 7 December 1889.
in note 12:
...g. In a letter written several days later to Willemien, Vincent also speaks of 12 large canvases (se...
in translation:
...nd the following, which are for our mother and sister. Olive trees – Bedroom – Reaper – Working...
in note 8:
...came into the possession of Mrs van Gogh and Willemien; Jo sold it to Cassirer in 1910. See Account ...
in note 6:
...43 / JH 1790). It is not known if the canvas came into the possession of Mrs van Gogh and Willemien.
in note 5:
...hman (F 625 / JH 1768). This painting belonged to Willemien van Gogh. See Account book 2002, p. 181.
in note 4:
...came into the possession of Mrs van Gogh and Willemien; Jo sold it to Cassirer in 1902. See Account ...
in note 3:
...room (F 483 / JH 1793). The canvas came into Willemien’s possession (FR b4162). See also Account b...
825 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 8 December 1889.
in translation:
...dam. You’ll do its portrait when it’s here. Wil is probably coming to lend us a hand in January....
826 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in translation:
... when Anna’s children and Lies were with you. Wil described the house to me in detail, and I’m v...
...heo and Jo; I think it’s a very good plan for Wil to go and lend a hand in January and hope that t...
And now I say goodbye to you and Wil for today. Thanks again for the messages about Cor — and embra...
...ople around again’ when Anna’s children and Lies were with you. Wil described the house to me in ...
in note 3:
...an Gogh knew of the exhibition because Theo had written to Willemien about it. See letter 827, n. 4.
827 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in note 13:
...ersion. He made the third for his mother and Willemien (see letter 829). The chronological order of ...
in note 11:
...mber Vincent had sent Theo seven paintings intended for Mrs van Gogh and Willemien (see letter 824).
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 4:
Theo had written to Willemien on 27 November about Vincent’s participation in the exhibition of Les...
in note 2:
...erengracht in Leiden, where Mrs van Gogh and Willemien lived at number 100. On the same (west) side ...
829 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 19 December 1889.
in note 12:
The version intended for Mrs van Gogh and Willemien was Women picking olives (F 655 / JH 1869). See l...
in translation:
...doing the olive trees again for our mother and sister. And if I could one day prove that I wouldn’t...
...it’ll be a good course of action to have our sister come in January. Ah, if that one could get marr...
in note 4:
...ition – Women picking olives (F 655 / JH 1869) – for his mother and Willemien (see n. 12 below).
830 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 22 December 1889.
in translation:
We’re expecting Wil on 2 Jan., she’ll stay a month with us. I share your opinion that I’d be de...
831 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 23 December 1889.
in translation:
And now, I say this to you and to Wil and not to him, it’s a good thing I didn’t stay in Paris be...
I’ll write to Wil next time, because it’s time for the post.
in note 5:
...ember Vincent had sent Theo seven paintings intended for Mrs van Gogh and Willemien. See letter 824.
832 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 23 December 1889.
in translation:
My dear sister,
833 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 31 December 1889 or Wednesday, 1 January 1890.
in translation:
I consider it perfect that our sister is coming to help you when Jo has her confinement. May it go we...
I’ve just received a letter from Mother, and from Wil too.
...dn’t be life, and that makes one solemn. It’s a really good idea that Wil’s going to be there.
834 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Friday, 3 January 1890.
in translation:
...’d intended this painting for our mother and sister so that they might have something a little stud...
in note 7:
The painting for Mrs van Gogh and Willemien was Women picking olives (F 655 / JH 1869). See letter 82...
835 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 3 January 1890.
in translation:
..., nothing will prevent you from doing drawings. Wil is with us since yesterday evening, she looks we...
...llness won’t return. Warm regards from Jo and from Wil. Be of good heart, and look after yourself.
in note 5:
From 2 January to 9 February 1890, Willemien stayed with Theo and Jo in order to help out during the ...
836 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 4 January 1890.
in translation:
Am very pleased that our sister has come. Warm regards to her and to Jo, and as for you and me, let�...
837 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 4 January 1890.
in translation:
My dear sister,
838 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 8 January 1890.
in translation:
...y. The doctor also thinks that it will go well. Wil arrived with such a bad cold that she had to sta...
...f good heart, and warm regards from Jo and from Wil, good handshake, and thank you very much for the...
839 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 13 January 1890.
in translation:
Thanks for your last letter, I hope that Wil has recovered from her indisposition and that it was no ...
...at what he’s done cannot be surpassed or changed. Once again I hope that our sister has recovered.
841 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 20 January 1890.
in translation:
My dear sister,
in note 8:
...eems as if Van Gogh was trying to pair off his sister and Isaäcson, whom he thought a suitable husba...
843 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 22 January 1890.
in translation:
...��ll be delivered at the beginning of February. Wil is much better and looks extremely well. I would...
845 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 29 January 1890.
in translation:
...se he wanted to stay here tonight. Theo, Ma and Wil are sitting at the table with me — awaiting th...
...rticle in the Mercure, and after we’d read it Wil and I talked about you for a long time — I’m...
in note 2:
...Mrs van Gogh (see letter 850, n. 2), his sister Lies and the art critic Jan Veth. Mrs van Gogh wrote ...
846 To Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Friday, 31 January 1890.
in translation:
And if Wil’s still with you, which I suppose, tell her that I’ve received her letter and hope to ...
850 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
in translation:
...at Mr Salles didn’t find you. Thanks again to Wil for her kind letter, I’d have liked to reply t...
in note 2:
...letter of 3 February 1890, Mrs van Gogh told Willemien that she had written about it to Vincent: ‘...
852 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 9 February 1890.
in translation:
...om now she’ll be able to get up. This morning Wil left, she gave us a lot of help in the household...
in note 3:
Theo and Willemien probably visited Degas in his studio at 19 rue Fontaine on 17 January 1890. This, ...
854 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890.
in translation:
...w days from now. Then what you write about our sister also interests me a great deal. I consider that...
855 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in translation:
...ews came that it had gone well; very good thing Wil stayed. I’d much rather that he’d called his...
The letter from Wil and you just arrived, thank you very much for it. I should have written to you be...
856 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in note 13:
Vincent had already sent Theo seven studies intended for their mother and Willemien. See letter 824.
in translation:
My dear sister,
...s you affectionately in thought. If our other sisters would also like to have canvases you can ask T...
857 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 17 March 1890.
in note 1:
... letter 863). On 14 March 1890 Theo wrote to Willemien: ‘No news from Vincent himself, but a lette...
858 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 19 March 1890.
in note 3:
... day (19 March). Theo had already written to Willemien to say how sorry he was that Vincent could no...
in note 2:
...ed at the beginning of March to their sister Willemien: ‘Wil, many thanks for the plays by Ibsen. ...
862 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 23 April 1890.
in note 2:
...n the following to his mother and his sister Willemien: ‘It is now more than a month since I recei...
863 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 29 April 1890.
in note 5:
...e third version, intended for his mother and Willemien, had already been sent to Theo (see letter 83...
864 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus and Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 29 April 1890.
in translation:
Dear mother and sister,
...at all is well with you both, and with Anna and Lies too. I wrote to Theo today and sent him several ...
in note 6:
In 1889 Mrs van Gogh and Willemien had moved from Breda to Leiden, but the boxes with Vincent’s thi...
in note 1:
Mrs van Gogh and Willemien had sent Vincent a package for his birthday. On 23 March Mrs van Gogh wrot...
865 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 1 May 1890.
in translation:
Fortunately the letters from our sister and mother were very calm. Our sister writes very well, and d...
869 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 10 May 1890.
in translation:
...do with the little bedroom where we’ve put up Wil and several others. I wrote to Dr Gachet yesterd...
RM19 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Wednesday, 21 May 1890.
in translation:
My dear sister,
876 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 2 June 1890.
in note 5:
Theo wrote to Willemien about this plan that same day, and also told her about seeing Vincent upon hi...
878 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in translation:
...ur last letter, which I haven’t answered yet. Wil told me that you’d been to Nuenen again, which...
...w because I have to go out. Hoping that you and Wil will receive this in good health, and embraced i...
in note 2:
Willemien, who lived with her mother at Herengracht 100 in Leiden, was registered from 4 May to 16 Ju...
879 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in translation:
My dear sister,
881 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers, Tuesday, 10 June 1890.
in note 11:
...have told Vincent something he also wrote to Willemien: ‘The Raffaëlli exhibition is attracting a...
885 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Auvers, Friday, 13 June 1890.
in translation:
Thanks once again for your letter, and I hope you and Wil keep well.
886 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Friday, 13 June 1890.
in translation:
My dear sister,
898 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Thursday, 10 July 1890.
in translation:
...nd relative prosperity, please tell Mother and Sister sometime that I think of them very often, besid...
899 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus and Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, between about Thursday, 10 and Monday, 14 July 1890.
in translation:
Dear mother and sister,
Very good that Wil’s started working in the hospital. And that she says — the operations weren’...
in note 1:
For Willemien’s work at the hospital, see letter 878, n. 2.
901 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 22 July 1890.
in translation:
...ing to see how she took him and made him happy. Wil was also well and was very kind to us. Jo stayed...
in note 5:
...ie. On 22 July, Theo informed his mother and Willemien about his interview with his employers the da...
RM25 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Wednesday, 23 July 1890.
in note 1:
...en about his talk with them to Mrs van Gogh and Willemien, but not to Vincent; see letter 901, n. 5.

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14 essay items found

Correspondents / Family members
in correspondents_2:
... is clear from Theo’s very frank letter to Willemien of March 1887: ‘There was a time when I lov...
See Documentation, letter from Theo van Gogh to Willemien van Gogh, 14 March 1887 (FR b908).
...mentation, letters from Theo van Gogh to Willemien van Gogh, 25 April 1887 and 24-26 February 1888 (F...
...his mother and Theo) and eleven from 1889-1890 (eight to his mother and three to her and Willemien).
...f August 1886 to a female friend, his sister Willemien gave her view of Vincent’s relations with t...
Letter from Willemien van Gogh to Line Kruysse, 26 August 1886 (FR b4536).
Van Gogh reopened the correspondence with Willemien, who was living with their mother, when he was in...
See letter 795, and FR b944, a letter from Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Willemien van Gogh, 23 August 1889.
...he wanted to make for ‘the two sisters’ (Willemien and Lies). Only in letters to his mother did ...
... of his life Van Gogh was above all close to Willemien, his youngest sister. In 1881 he wrote that h...
...and 843. Cf. also letters 827 and 841, in which Vincent writes at length about Bernard to Willemien.
The letters to Willemien are particularly valuable for the many observations about matters to do with...
In all there are 21 known letters to Willemien, as well as one that was never sent (RM19), and three ...
...o make for ‘the two sisters’ (Willemien and Lies). Only in letters to his mother did he ask after...
...f letters between Vincent and his middle sister Lies, of which there is now no trace. In 1880 she bec...
See the letter from Lies van Gogh to Theo and Jo van Gogh, 29 June 1890 (FR b2413). The letter in que...
Publication history / De brieven 1990: a large edition for a small readership
in publications_6:
Willemien to Vincent and Theo (letter 63);
Publication history / A flood of supplementary publications
in publications_4:
...f personal recollections by Van Gogh’s sister Lies of 1910 was published in a German translation in...
Du Quesne-Van Gogh 1911 and Du Quesne-Van Gogh 1913.
Correspondents / Preservation of the letters
in correspondents_4:
...he received. The letters from Theo, Anna and Willemien and the one from Van Rappard are the only one...
... Theo and Jo were preserved while those from Willemien and Mrs Van Gogh are missing, but one possibl...
... must have been a few dozen of them, as well as a similar number from Van Gogh’s sister Willemien.
... heard of his death at the end of March when Willemien sent him an obituary that had been published ...
...b7117), possibly by H. Nauta, who wrote to Elisabeth du Quesne-Van Gogh on 31 August 1927(FR b5301).
Van Gogh’s sister Elisabeth later recalled that Tersteeg had ‘a chiffonier with drawers full of l...
Biographical & historical context / The financial backgrounds
in context_3:
... contributed to the upbringing of his sister Willemien and his brother Cor. And when he fell in love...
...ear he also gave his mother 1,000 francs and Willemien and Lies 678 francs.FR b2206. Vincent felt gu...
... gave his mother 1,000 francs and Willemien and Lies 678 francs.FR b2206. Vincent felt guilty about T...
Biographical & historical context / The immediate family circle
in context_4:
... Theo and Jo, but also to his parents and to Willemien, the sister to whom he was closest. There mus...
Willemien (‘Wil’) Jacoba van Gogh (1862-1941) travelled to England with her sister Anna at the ag...
Elisabeth (‘Lies’) Huberta van Gogh (1859-1936) went to boarding school in Leeuwarden in 1873, an...
Publication history / The first standard editions
in publications_3:
... Van Gogh’s letters was discussed in 1893, Willemien thought it might be better not to go ahead wi...
...h machine began to turn. Van Gogh’s sister Elisabeth (Lies) wrote a memoir, Persoonlijke herinneri...
Du Quesne-Van Gogh 1910. The book was translated into German and English (Du Quesne-Van Gogh 1911 and...
...’s rapturous outpourings and the idealizing tenor of Elisabeth du Quesne-Van Gogh’s little book.
Publication history / The first collected edition of 1952-1954 and thereafter
in publications_5:
...en period, and twenty-two letters to his sister Wil.After Willemien van Gogh’s death in 1941, V.W....
After Willemien van Gogh’s death in 1941, V.W. van Gogh acquired these twenty-two letters plus a le...
...o to Vincent and a few from other correspondents like Van Rappard, Bernard, Wil, Signac and Russell.
...nted Van Gogh’s letters to Van Rappard, to Willemien and to Bernard, and Theo’s letters to Vince...
... the period in question – to be precise to Willemien, or to Willemien and Mrs van Gogh together, t...
About this edition / The reading texts
in about_3:
...d compounds’: ‘kastanje en iepenboomen’ and ‘zondags & werkpak’ remain unchanged.Willemien
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / The letters: from conventional to personal
in letter_writer_2:
...e author. He described himself to his sister Willemien as someone who ‘read[s] books to seek in th...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / Language and spelling
in letter_writer_3:
...is (1886-1888), he consequently told his sister Wil, to whom he had previously written in Dutch: ‘...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / Strategies and rhetoric
in letter_writer_4:
... of this device in late letters. In those to Willemien he wrote more about literature than to any ot...
That he wrote to Willemien that he needed to have a good laugh now and then (574) should be seen as a...
...them when you get the chance’ (267). Or to Willemien in June 1888: ‘If I didn’t write to you q...
Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh
in context_1:
...ldren, in order, were Anna, Theo, Elisabeth, Willemien and Cor. It must have been a pleasant, peacef...
...school, Lies found a permanent position, but Willemien had difficulty spreading her wings and helped...
...t, and she arranged that he did so for good. Willemien said of this: ‘He took that so badly’.See...
... his mother. That also applied indirectly to Willemien, who continued living with her mother. They k...
...er five children, in order, were Anna, Theo, Elisabeth, Willemien and Cor. It must have been a pleas...
.... During the time when their daughters Anna and Lies were away at boarding school in Leeuwarden they ...
...ers a quarter in 1874 (FR b2733). In 1875, when Lies was at a boarding school in Tiel, the expenses w...
...Anna married quite soon after finishing school, Lies found a permanent position, but Willemien had di...
The family loved fairytales. Lies wrote to Jo Bonger: ‘I hope that you know Andersen’s fairytales...
...rk, gave some of them a gnawing sense of guilt. Lies ‘always had such a feeling of self-reproach, a...
FR b2226, Lies to Theo, 9 January 1876.
Biographical & historical context / The letter-writing culture and Van Gogh’s position within it
in context_2:
... necessarily added by the writer. His sister Willemien sent Vincent’s letters on to her friend Mar...
... save on paper and postage, Mrs Van Gogh and Willemien wrote letters crosswise on more than one occa...

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3 other items found

Documentation
in documentation:
...nt time. And now adieu. I must leave some space for Wil. So I end in haste. Ever
...en van Gogh to Theo van Gogh. Etten, 30 December 1877. Willemien
Wil’
...hbourhood. His mother and sisters are leaving Nuenen for Breda one of these days...
...en van Gogh to Line Kruysse. Breda, 26 August 1886 (FR b4536).Willemien van Gogh
...an Gogh to Willemien van Gogh. Paris, 14 March 1887 (FR b908).Willemien van Gogh
...went into more detail and was franker with his sister than with his brother Cor.
...an Gogh to Willemien van Gogh. Paris, 25 April 1887 (FR b911).Willemien van Gogh
...lemien van Gogh. Paris, 24 and 26 February 1888 (FR b914).Willemien van Gogh
... Gogh to Willemien van Gogh. Paris, 6 December 1888 (FR b916).Willemien van Gogh
...en, and now you’ve again done what you could, Wil went to The Hague today, how...
...an Gogh to Theo van Gogh. Leiden, 30 December 1888 (FR b2276).Willemien van Gogh
your Wil Wil
...Roulin to Willemien van Gogh. Arles, 8 January 1889 (FR b710).Willemien van Gogh
...very much my own brother. In my thoughts a kiss for you and Wil from your loving
... you for it. Warm regards from Ma and from everyone. Lies has to leave tomorrow.
...gh to Theo van Gogh. Etten, 30 December 1877. Elisabeth van Gogh
Your loving Lies’Lies
...any firm news as to whether Lies will come on Wednesday but think she will, and t...
...an Gogh to Elisabeth van Gogh. Paris, 19 April 1887 (FR b910).Elisabeth van Gogh
... van Gogh to Elisabeth van Gogh. Paris, 15 May 1887 (FR b912).Elisabeth van Gogh
...suppose you have written to Lies. I can’t do it at the moment. Only tomorrow wi...
Overview of all the letters
in overview:
to Willemien van Gogh, sister
to Anna van Gogh-Carbentus, mother (8 to her, 1 to her and Theo, 3 to her and Willemien)
from Willemien van Gogh
...ddressed to Theo, two to Theo and Jo, one to Willemien, one to Russell, one to the ...
Lies van Gogh, sister
Chronology
in 1859:
16 May His sister Elisabeth (Lies) is born.
in 1862:
16 March His sister Willemien (Wil) is born.
in 1889:
2 November Mrs Van Gogh and Willemien move to Leiden, Herengracht 100.
...ber @Sends Theo 7 paintings for his mother and Willemien, as well several other paintings (824).
in 1888:
End of April Mrs Van Gogh and Willemien move to Nieuwe Haagdijk in Breda. The works that Vincent ...
15-19 June @Sends a drawing to Willemien (626).
in 1886:
30 March Mrs Van Gogh and Willemien move to Breda, Nieuwe Ginnekenstraat 649bis.

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196 letters, 14 essay items and 3 other items found

196 letters found

14 essay items found

3 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters