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156 letters found

003 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, mid-January 1873.
in note 10:
...st Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman. In 1878 Uncle Vincent van Gogh wrote to Theo, mentioning the Hamman fa...
in translation:
Did Uncle Cent stop off at Brussels?
004 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 28 January 1873.
in note 2:
Cornelis (Cor) Marinus van Gogh, brother of Mr van Gogh and often called ‘C.M.’ by family members...
in translation:
Last Sunday I was at Uncle Cor’s and had a very pleasant day there and, as you can well imagine, sa...
005 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 17 March 1873.
in note 4:
...sure whether or not he meant the ladies, but Uncle Cent says that having parrots in the drawing room ...
in note 1:
...il & Co. had decided, after consulting Uncle Vincent van Gogh, to transfer Vincent to the London bran...
in translation:
Uncle Cent is coming here at the end of the month, I’m longing to hear more from him.
007 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 5 May 1873.
in translation:
...ogh, because otherwise there’s likely to be confusion with letters for Uncle Cent, who’s only V.
019 To Theo van Gogh. London, Friday, 20 February 1874.
in note 4:
Theo visited Uncle Cor in Amsterdam on 8 February 1874 (FR b2687).
in translation:
...rue. I’m glad you went to Amsterdam; thank Uncle Cor when you see him for the brochure he sent me....
021 To Theo van Gogh. London, Monday, 30 March 1874.
in translation:
I’m glad that you go to Uncle Cor’s occasionally. You see things there that you never find at the...
029 To Theo van Gogh. London, between Monday, 4 January and Friday, 5 March 1875.
in note 6:
...h were ‘éditeur de gravures’) and Uncle Vincent van Gogh (dealer in paintings) on 1 January 1861...
033 To Theo van Gogh. London, Saturday, 8 May 1875.
in note 4:
...4 May 1875, Mr van Gogh wrote to Theo: ‘[Uncle Vincent] also told me that Vincent is in Paris. Mr ...
in translation:
C.M. and Mr Tersteeg were here and left again last Saturday. In my opinion they went a little too oft...
036 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 29 June 1875.
in note 4:
...atalogue of the paintings in the estate of Uncle Vincent. See auct. cat. The Hague 1889 (Lugt, Répe...
in note 3:
...old on 1 June 1875 for 2,000 francs to Uncle Vincent van Gogh at Princenhage. Reproductions of it wer...
in translation:
...h is in the package in question, I sold to Uncle Vincent, who was here a couple of days ago. He also...
038 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 15 July 1875.
in translation:
Uncle Vincent was here again, we were together quite a lot and talked about one thing and another. I ...
...e’. I believe that the former is true of Uncle Vincent. So you know who it is you’re dealing wit...
041 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, between Monday, 16 August and Wednesday, 1 September 1875.
in note 10:
...eur Hamman’, who was in contact with Uncle Vincent van Gogh, he must be referring to Edouard Jean C...
in translation:
Here are some words which I know Uncle Vincent is very fond of:
044 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 4 September 1875.
in translation:
...��d like to ask you to give it in my name to Uncle Cor to read, when you have the opportunity of cou...
047 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 12 September 1875.
in translation:
... window, reading. I know that Uncle Vincent and Cor like it very much, and I sometimes think that th...
... front of the window, reading. I know that Uncle Vincent and Cor like it very much, and I sometimes ...
049 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 17 September 1875.
in translation:
...worship him in spirit and in truth. Pa is one of the few, Ma too, and also Uncle Vincent, I believe.
057 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 9 November 1875.
in note 2:
Aunt Cornelie van Gogh-Carbentus, wife of Uncle Vincent and a sister of Mrs van Gogh.
in translation:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt left yesterday. I went to see them quite often. I’m sorry I didn’t see the...
059 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 4 December 1875.
in translation:
Do you ever visit Uncle Cor? If he should ever invite you, accept by all means, and give him my regar...
061 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 10 December 1875.
in translation:
I heard from Uncle Vincent that you smoke too.
065 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 10 January 1876.
in note 2:
...hat to discuss matters. Yesterday he went to Uncle Cor to talk things over with him as well, he is a...
... much he has spurned! What bitter sorrow for Uncle Cent. What a bitter experience. We are glad that w...
068 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 2 February 1876.
in translation:
...d a reply to various letters I wrote in response to advertisements. Nor did Uncle Vincent answer me.
071 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 15 March 1876.
in note 4:
...an Gogh-Carbentus, a sister of Mrs van Gogh, was married to Uncle Vincent, a brother of Mr van Gogh.
081 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Saturday, 6 May 1876.
in translation:
...ontact with families; in Amsterdam she would find this at once through Uncle Cor and Uncle Stricker.
Do you still visit Uncle Cor now and then? Sometimes I long to see him so much; just yesterday I wrot...
084 To Theo van Gogh. Welwyn, Saturday, 17 June 1876.
in note 12:
Uncle Vincent (Cent) van Gogh.
in translation:
...at to choose. Through the offices of one of my uncles, an associate in the firm of Goupil & Co., art...
089 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876.
in translation:
...nion. She and Albertien came from Breda in Uncle Vincent’s carriage. Pa, Cor and I walked up the r...
093 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 7 and Sunday, 8 October 1876.
in note 9:
...ecame acquainted with them through his Uncle Vincent van Gogh: Uncle Vincent and his wife were stayin...
100 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 31 December 1876.
in note 4:
Even though Braat conferred with Uncle Vincent, and both Vincent and Theo were acquainted with his so...
in translation:
... ago Mr Braat of Dordrecht paid a visit to Uncle Vincent and they spoke about me, and Uncle asked Mr...
Yesterday evening I was at Uncle Vincent’s to tell him that I’d just been to Dordrecht, it was a ...
103 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Monday, 26 February 1877.
in note 7:
...as a popular health resort on the French Riviera. (Uncle Vincent spent the winter there every year.)
106 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Thursday, 8 March 1877.
in note 4:
Uncle Cor had taken the initiative in suggesting that both brothers come and visit him, and had writt...
in translation:
...both to go to Amsterdam next Sunday to visit Uncle Cor. If it’s all right with you, then I’ll co...
Herewith a few words for Uncle Cor, add something to it if you like. It’s already late, this aftern...
107 To Cornelis Marinus van Gogh. Dordrecht, Thursday, 8 March 1877.
in translation:
My dear Uncle,
..., please write a postcard to one of us, and believe me meanwhile, after warm regards to you and Aunt
108 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Friday, 16 March 1877.
in note 1:
Theo was staying with Uncle Cor (FR b2514). Vincent went to visit them on Sunday, 18 March and left t...
in translation:
Be sure to give my regards to Uncle Cor and Aunt.
109 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Friday, 23 March 1877.
in translation:
In the morning I went with Uncle Cor to see Uncle Stricker, where we had a long talk about you-know-w...
111 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Sunday, 15 April 1877.
in note 12:
...’ve heard nothing more from Amsterdam from Uncle Cor or Uncle Stricker, whom we long to hear from....
Uncle Vincent had been consulted about Vincent’s plans to study in Amsterdam. On 18 April 1877, Mrs...
in translation:
This week I got a letter from Uncle Vincent, who wrote that he thought it unnecessary to continue the...
114 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 19 May 1877.
in translation:
Yesterday Uncle Cor sent me a batch of old paper, such as the sheet on which I’m writing to you. Is...
...ertsen as well as that of Pa or Uncle Jan or Uncle Cor — Rembrandt, Millet, Bosboom and how many o...
115 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 21 and Tuesday, 22 May 1877.
in note 13:
...st of Amsterdam, was undertaken to visit Uncle Cor van Gogh, who lived in a villa there (cf. FR b2727...
116 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 28 May 1877.
in translation:
...s wife is also very ill. Did you hear that Uncle Vincent has bronchitis again, and it seems to be se...
117 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 30 May 1877.
in note 1:
...ly disapproved of – Mr van Gogh spoke to Uncle Vincent on 8 June about the possibility...
120 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 12 June 1877.
in note 2:
...arrangements. On 8 June he paid a visit to Uncle Vincent to discuss the possibilities and subsequent...
123 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 27 July 1877.
in translation:
...ere in the dunes must have been pleasant. In Uncle Cor’s shop I recently saw The Gospels by Bida, ...
125 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 3 August 1877.
in note 19:
...beginning of August; from there he went with Uncle Cor to an exhibition in Leeuwarden (FR b2547, 1 A...
Uncle Vincent had been in Amsterdam at the beginning of August; from there he went with Uncle Cor to ...
in translation:
...ull of people, Uncle and Aunt Pompe and Jan, Uncle Cor and Vincent, Fanny and Bet ’s Graeuwen and ...
...le Jan has it in another form, and it’s in Uncle Cor as well, among a hundred people one wouldn’...
Every time I see Uncle Vincent I’m moved by something indescribably kind and, I might say, somethin...
126 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 5 August 1877.
in note 6:
For Uncle Cor’s villa at Baarn, see letter 158, n. 11.
129 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 4 September 1877.
in note 10:
...-Nieuwenhuis had fallen down the stairs in Uncle Vincent’s house in Princenhage. She was married t...
in translation:
...t from a French edition I’ve borrowed from Uncle Cor, that book is sublime, and he who wrote it mu...
...ave no secrets. In the life of Uncle Jan, of Uncle Cor, of Uncle Vincent, there is much, much good a...
...t an unfortunate incident that occurred at Uncle Vincent’s. You no doubt know about it already, na...
...In the life of Uncle Jan, of Uncle Cor, of Uncle Vincent, there is much, much good and purity, and y...
130 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 7 September 1877.
in note 1:
The bookshop and art dealership of C.M. van Gogh was located at Keizersgracht 453.
in translation:
...he alone to Van der Hoop, and he was also at Uncle Cor’s gallery (who isn’t in town, however) an...
131 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 18 September 1877.
in note 17:
...ist of subscribers (p. 488), it appears that Uncle Cor had ordered ten copies of this work for his b...
132 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 21 October 1877.
in note 9:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, a brother of Mr van Gogh and Uncle Jan, lived in Princenhage.
133 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 30 October 1877.
in note 76:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, who lived in Princenhage, had long been suffering from the effects of bronchi...
in note 75:
...rdrecht, Dordrechts Museum), which was bought in 1889 from the collection of Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
in translation:
I was at Uncle Cor’s on Monday evening, and also saw Aunt and the whole family, all send you their ...
...ear description. Saw a small painting of his at C.M.’s, also one by Mauve, very beautiful, shepher...
134 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 19 November 1877.
in translation:
Spent two evenings at Uncle Cor’s, once to look at old books (including volumes of L’Illustration...
Then I was also at Uncle Cor’s on Aunt’s birthday, i.e. last Friday, they played cards that eveni...
...on’t come yet I’m here’. Uncle Jan and Uncle Cor were already set to go there together, now th...
...gth and vigour we need every day. Uncle Jan, Uncle Cor and the Stricker family send you their regard...
135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
in note 18:
In those days Uncle Cor’s bookshop and art dealership were located at Keizersgracht 453.
in note 17:
Uncle Jan and Uncle Cor.
in note 62:
Jan Willem Wierda, an employee in Uncle Cor’s bookshop. See Groot and De Vries 1990, pp. 87-89.
in note 37:
...h fetched 1,550 guilders at the auction of Uncle Vincent’s estate. See auct. cat. The Hague 1889, ...
in note 30:
... to which Vincent refers concerns the condition of Uncle Vincent, who was suffering from bronchitis.
in translation:
...en of Scotland. Yesterday evening I was at Uncle Cor’s and saw them again there – thus Elijah’...
...te from Brussels and later telegraphed to both Uncles to come. When the letter arrived, Uncle Jan had...
Uncle Cor told me about a walk he took with Uncle Jan in the Bois de Cambre. You know that gnarled un...
... reading it this evening at the station, waiting for the train on which Uncle Cor was due to arrive.
Saw at Uncle Cor’s a new engraving after Erskine Nicol, ‘Sabbath’, an old woman going home in t...
...ust have looked like Pa or like Uncle Jan or Uncle Cor. God, the only One that is True, is not of ye...
Now, from Uncle Cor I’ve received A child’s history of England by Dickens, don’t know if I’ve...
...lot of nice people in the bookselling business, C.M., Mr Braat, Schröder here (Mendes gets his books...
136 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 December 1877.
in note 35:
... determine which drawing by Johannes Bosboom Uncle Cor had at this time; four drawings with ‘sacri...
in translation:
... the map of the world. Perhaps you know that Uncle Cor also has one lying in the room in which that ...
137 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 9 December 1877.
in note 8:
...hich makes it difficult to say which edition Uncle Cor gave Vincent; one of the editions containing ...
in translation:
...now more about the evening in question. From Uncle Cor I received Bossuet, Oraisons funèbres, in a ...
...rvice this morning, i.e. in the Eilandskerk, Uncle Cor was there too. The text was ‘by Thy light s...
139 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 9 and Thursday, 10 January 1878.
in note 3:
For reasons of health, Uncle Vincent van Gogh and Aunt Cornelie left the Netherlands on 10 January fo...
in note 1:
...��To our great sorrow I heard yesterday from Uncle Cor, whom I met at Princenhage, that you are not ...
in note 14:
...he market by Goupil, and it is possible that Uncle Cor owned one. See Ackerman 1986, pp. 54-55, 59, ...
in translation:
...e and sound on Monday evening and found Uncle Cor’s family playing cards at Uncle Jan’s. When Unc...
Saw a great many good drawings at Uncle Cor’s, including a new one by Rochussen, a diplomatic soir�...
C.M. asked me if I didn’t find the Phryné by Gérôme beautiful, and I said I would much rather se...
And then C.M. asked if I wouldn’t feel anything for a woman or a girl who was beautiful, but I said...
At C.M.’s there was also a beautiful drawing by Maris, townscape with water in the foreground and a...
Uncle Jan and Uncle Cor send you their warm regards, Uncle Jan is well again, you know that he wasn�...
... at Uncle Jan’s. When Uncle Cor heard that Uncle Cent was thinking of leaving so soon, he went agai...
...ere was snow on the ground, it’s good that Uncle Cent is away (because he left today at 3 o’clock...
140 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 10 February 1878.
in translation:
... we went together to Mendes, Uncle Stricker, Uncle Cor, Vos and Kee and both Meijjes families, and t...
...impression on Pa as well. In the evening, at Uncle Cor’s, we saw drawings and books, including Dor...
141 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 18 and Tuesday, 19 February 1878.
in translation:
Yesterday evening at C.M.’s I saw a whole year of that magazine L’Art, of which you have the issu...
...e afternoon and evening of Sunday, 17 Feb. at Uncle Cor’s, where Aunt Antje is staying these days.
...o rest a little, so I couldn’t see him. And then on to Uncle Stricker and after that to Uncle Cor.
...out immediately. He was planning to write to Uncle Cent again, around Uncle’s birthday on 28 March....
142 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 3 March 1878.
in translation:
... pale and looks so tired, went from there to Uncle Cor’s again, he’s had the gallery newly wallp...
When Uncle told me about Daubigny, his etchings after Ruisdael, The bush and The ray of sunlight, cam...
146 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 5 August 1878.
in note 3:
Aunt Cornelie at Princenhage, the wife of Uncle Vincent, had serious stomach complaints and was under...
in translation:
...ave for there as soon as everything is over. Uncle Cent was here this afternoon, most likely he’ll ...
148 To Theo van Gogh. Laken, on or about Wednesday, 13 and Friday, 15 or Saturday, 16 November 1878.
in note 12:
... acquired in 1930). Ill. 134. In 1869, Uncle Vincent van Gogh bought the watercolour The paupers’ p...
in note 21:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie lived in Princenhage.
149 To Theo van Gogh. Wasmes, Thursday, 26 December 1878.
in note 10:
...lled ‘large’, was in the possession of C.M. van Gogh; Vincent and Theo doubtless saw the drawing...
151 To Theo van Gogh. Petit-Wasmes, between Tuesday, 1 and Wednesday, 16 April 1879.
in note 1:
...e at the end of March. At all events, when Uncle Vincent wrote to Theo on 2 April, he referred to th...
152 To Theo van Gogh. Wasmes, on or about Thursday, 19 June 1879.
in note 4:
Mrs van Gogh went to Paris to visit Uncle Vincent, who was ill. She left Etten on 26 May and was back...
in note 16:
... will go amiss’. The letter reveals that Uncle Vincent was the one who decided when Theo would lea...
in translation:
Fortunately for Uncle, the danger seems to have been averted for the time being.
154 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, between about Monday, 11 and Thursday, 14 August 1879.
in note 2:
.... Tomorrow he’s going with Pa to Princenhage; Cor’s boys will also be there to see the paintings...
158 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, Friday, 24 September 1880.
in note 11:
Jovinda was the name of Uncle Cor’s villa at the corner of Prins Hendriklaan and Amalialaan ...
in translation:
...spect as inhospitable and chilly and ascetic as C.M.’s Jovinda, which, between ourselves, I don’t...
160 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Monday, 1 November 1880.
in note 13:
...ch presumably concerned Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cor van Gogh, or perhaps the take-over of Uncle Hein�...
...s money matter, which presumably concerned Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cor van Gogh, or perhaps the take-...
in translation:
...I certainly do — that either Uncle Cent or Uncle Cor will do something, if not as a concession to ...
...k hard, which I certainly do — that either Uncle Cent or Uncle Cor will do something, if not as a c...
164 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Saturday, 2 April 1881.
in note 15:
...is probably referring to his discussion with Uncle Cor about Gérôme’s Phrynée, about which he w...
in note 14:
Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
in translation:
...gh are very rich, and that in the art business, C.M. and our uncle at Princenhage, and in which you a...
Now, Uncle Cor so often does things to help other draughtsmen, and would it now be so very unnatural ...
...k it to mean that I was planning to live out of C.M.’s pocket and, this being his interpretation, h...
...on, but we haven’t reached that point yet. If C.M. could be persuaded to give me a chance to learn ...
...he general public, but in fact even more so for C.M. and others, to change their minds about me, it�...
...r anything else, and I’d most likely run into C.M. there this summer, if he were to go there or to ...
...est, of course, if only you and Mr Tersteeg and C.M. and Pa and others I’m concerned with know bett...
...ingen or Katwijk would of course be possible if C.M. were to change his opinion of me, and then I cou...
...ch, and that in the art business, C.M. and our uncle at Princenhage, and in which you and I in the p...
168 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, end of June 1881.
in note 7:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
in translation:
We also went to Princenhage together, but Uncle was in bed and is unwell again.
170 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 5 August 1881.
in note 6:
Van Gogh therefore obtained books from Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
171 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 26 August 1881
in note 2:
Mr and Mrs van Gogh spent a week at Uncle Vincent van Gogh’s (see Mrs van Gogh’s letter on the sa...
173 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, beginning of October 1881.
in translation:
...nd then last week I got a box of paints from Uncle Cent that is rather good, certainly good enough to...
Anyway, you see that I’m hard at work. Uncle Cent will be going to The Hague tomorrow and will most...
175 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, between Wednesday, 12 and Saturday, 15 October 1881.
in note 8:
To visit Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
176 To Anthon van Rappard. Etten, Saturday, 15 October 1881.
in note 5:
To visit Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
179 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Thursday, 3 November 1881.
in note 6:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie van Gogh-Carbentus.
in translation:
... and Ma, to Uncle and Aunt Stricker and to Uncle and Aunt at Princenhage. The only one who said to me...
... situation). I’ve only given assurances to Uncle Cent that I would stop writing to Uncle Stricker f...
187 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Saturday, 19 November 1881.
in translation:
Theo, Uncle Cent really has sympathy for me, but that doesn’t alter the fact that I think he’s do...
189 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Wednesday, 23 November 1881.
in note 5:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie, who lived in Princenhage.
in note 18:
...encouraged to do this by their parents and Uncle Vincent (FR b982; b984; b990 and b5342). See also l...
193 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, on or about Friday, 23 December 1881.
in note 14:
...ten years ago now’ to show his drawings to Uncle Cor. ‘At the time I had...
204 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 13 February 1882.
in translation:
I also wrote to C.M. the other day to say I’d rented a studio here, and hoped that when he came to ...
...he’d let me know, or come and have a look. Uncle Cent also told me last summer that if I have a dra...
205 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 February 1882.
in note 2:
...asures 33 x 26 cm. (The drawings he made for Uncle Cor, which are comparable in format, were also re...
206 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 25 February 1882.
in translation:
I’ve written to C.M. to tell him that I’d taken a studio here, and he wrote back saying that he e...
207 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 3 March 1882.
in translation:
I had a friendly letter from C.M. promising to come to The Hague soon and to visit me too. Well, that...
210 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 11 March 1882.
in note 8:
...series of 12 drawings that Van Gogh made for Uncle Cor: 1. Street scene, ‘Paddemoes’ (F 918 / JH...
in note 10:
Uncle Cor ordered another set of six detailed townscapes at the beginning of April (see letter 214).
in translation:
...ng, promises to come by soon. So, it’s fine – it’s going well – it’ll get even better!C.M.
211 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 11 March 1882.
in note 3:
...(quotation), 22, 28. Regarding Van Gogh’s discussion with Uncle Cor, see also letters 228 and 236.
in translation:
...o me this week by His Hon. I wrote to you about C.M.’s order, this is what happened. C.M. appeared ...
C.M. then kept quiet about earning one’s bread.
You understand that there C.M. touched a tender spot and ventured on to thin ice. I really can’t le...
C.M. had certainly not viewed Gavarni, at least, as a master.
(To anyone but C.M. I could have expressed myself more succinctly by saying: an artist’s work and h...
I was already beginning to fear that C.M. would hold it against me – but fortunately things took a ...
... you make more of those townscapes for me? said C.M. Certainly, because I amuse myself with them some...
C.M.’s order is a bright spot! I’ll try to do those drawings carefully and put some spirit into t...
Tomorrow morning I’ll go and look for a subject for one of those for C.M.
212 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between about Thursday, 16 and on or about Monday, 20 March 1882.
in translation:
...Around that time I also hope to have the 12 for C.M. finished. If he pays for them straightaway tha...
I’ve made two more small drawings for C.M., a bit of Scheveningseweg and sand workers in the dunes....
213 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 24 March 1882.
in translation:
...rning till night. First, the small drawings for C.M. They’re finished and have been sent to him, bu...
214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.
in note 7:
...ly June on this new series of townscapes for Uncle Cor. The letter in which he says he has sent them...
in translation:
... often to bring him books or drawing materials. C.M. paid me, and a new order, but difficult enough, ...
218 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 or Wednesday, 19 April 1882.
in translation:
...ecause I can’t get on with the townscapes for C.M., which I’d otherwise capture in my spare momen...
220 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 23 April 1882.
in translation:
... Cent is ill. I’m working on the drawings for C.M., but I’ve been so depressed these days by what...
...�s calling and that Ma’s better again, but Uncle Cent is ill. I’m working on the drawings for C.M...
221 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 26 April 1882.
in translation:
...n impossible for me to make the townscapes for C.M., because of all the rain and wind. So I don’t ...
222 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 1 May 1882.
in note 10:
...ascertained. Roelofs sold his work through C.M. van Gogh and Goupil, which perhaps explains how Van ...
228 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 16 May 1882.
in note 10:
...d earlier to a similar denigrating remark by Uncle Cor about Charles Degroux, and would do so again ...
in translation:
...ays, ‘You are straying from the right way’? C.M. always talks about the right way too, just like ...
Then I’m a thousand miles away from C.M., J.P.S. and H.G.T., and much happier.
...starts all over again. Then I think: H.G.T. and C.M. would do so much better if they didn’t interfe...
...and goes limp as if paralyzed. Especially since C.M. has also made remarks about manners, I believe.
For C.M. I’ve done 12 drawings for 30 guilders, that’s 2.50 apiece. It’s a tricky job involving...
...hat do you advise: should I carry on with the order for C.M. or not? I didn’t know what to do.C.M.
229 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 18 May 1882.
in translation:
...as, I really hope, of course, to get to work on C.M.’s order, and have done the studies for it. I�...
230 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 23 May 1882.
in translation:
I’m working again on the drawings for C.M. But will he like them? Perhaps not. I can’t see such d...
I hear that Uncle Cent is in Paris — I hope you haven’t discussed the matter in question with him...
231 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 27 May 1882.
in translation:
...ss with several drawings, so that the order for C.M. is well advanced, and as a result I’m in bette...
...awing in return. It was one of those meant for C.M., and so I was very glad to be able to get it rep...
... work for on the same sort of conditions as for C.M. And above all that C.M. perseveres, for these dr...
233 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 30 May 1882.
in translation:
...ot let it come to this scandal. My drawings for C.M. are ready but I shan’t be able to get that mon...
234 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 1 and Friday, 2 June 1882.
in note 3:
Uncle Cor had Fish-drying Barn (F 938 / JH 152) and Fish-drying barn (F 946a / JH 151) (see letter 21...
in translation:
C.M. also has some in this manner, but haven’t heard from him yet.
...il take them, especially the last). Our dear Uncle Cent has a way of gathering ‘snippets of informa...
And for what? — to please Princenhage or to give himself an air of virtue as if he’d caught me co...
in note 21:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie lived at Princenhage.
235 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 3 June 1882.
in note 9:
See letter 211 for the amount mentioned and letter 214 for the payment by Uncle Cor.
in note 2:
...and brush and heightened with white, went to Uncle Cor; Van Gogh wrote that he had worked on it with...
in translation:
...appard was pleased with a similar drawing which C.M. has, and moreover with all the others C.M. has. ...
I have heard from C.M. in the form of a postal order for 20 guilders but without a single word to go ...
In the circumstances, should I learn that C.M. would rather not have any more, of course I cannot and...
...nherited something because I share his name, Uncle Cent, is someone with whom I have been on bad term...
236 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Tuesday, 6 June 1882.
in note 5:
Van Gogh referred earlier to this discussion with Uncle Cor in letters 211 and 228.
in note 4:
...nt writes to Theo that he has not replied to the letter from Uncle Cor and does not intend to do so.
in translation:
...to the commercial value of things, that now that he, as a dealer, told me that they were of no commer...
... But that I didn’t want to force my work on His Hon. against his will, and was prepared to send him...
That uncle of mine in Amsterdam also informed me with considerable aplomb that Degroux was in fact a ...
237 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 8 June 1882.
in note 6:
..., in which Van Gogh writes at length to Van Rappard about how he replied to Uncle Cor’s reaction.
in translation:
...day before I came here I received a letter from C.M. in which he writes a good deal about the ‘inte...
239 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 22 June 1882.
in note 7:
...erwise quite normal. He had complaints about Uncle Cor, that he had judged his drawings so coolly. V...
in translation:
...�� I laboured so hard on them, and on those for C.M.as well, in those last days when I felt so much m...
240 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Saturday, 24 June 1882.
in note 3:
To Uncle Cor in Amsterdam.
in translation:
...awings that seem not to have pleased my worthy Uncle gave me double pleasure. Later, however, I hear...
242 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 2 July 1882.
in translation:
...ve drawn it twice, once large and once smaller. C.M. has both and they were the ones, especially the ...
247 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 July 1882.
in note 1:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, who lived in Princenhage.
in translation:
...most of the recent ones are either with you, or C.M. still has them &c. He was overhasty in everythin...
...ng in my Father and, just imagine, my uncle in Princenhage!!! Would get involved. Would write. uncle
...ly meddling at home and by sowing unrest in Princenhage (and Princenhage has nothing, absolutely not...
...he thinks he will please or be of service to Uncle Cent or Pa. He doesn’t spare or take the slighte...
... the studio, &c. No, but he does talk about my uncle in Princenhage, about whom I care nothing, whom...
252 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 31 July 1882.
in note 10:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie, who lived in Princenhage.
258 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 20 August 1882.
in translation:
...something can be done with these first studies. C.M. once interpreted certain remarks by me in that w...
263 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 12 and Sunday, 17 September 1882.
in note 1:
... van Abonnement in de Leesinrichting’ of C.M. van Gogh, bookseller and art dealer (SAAm). On this ...
277 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 29 October 1882.
in note 10:
... in Etten; the brothers would have visited Uncle Vincent van Gogh in Princenhage – he was not very...
280 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 5 November 1882.
in note 19:
... series of woodcuts that Van Gogh saw at his Uncle Cor’s (‘C.M.’) was Les douze mois de l’an...
in translation:
...s by Jacque that I saw at least 10 years ago at C.M.’s. It was a series, The months. They were done...
284 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Friday, 17 or Saturday, 18 November 1882.
in note 2:
...Gogh had sent a second series of drawings to Uncle Cor at the end of May 1882, he had to wait a long...
339 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Wednesday, 2 or Thursday, 3 May 1883.
in translation:
...he Salon has opened. No doubt Messrs H.G.T. and C.M. will be paying you a visit one of these days. It...
349 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 3 June 1883.
in translation:
...for my part, to lighten your burden, I wrote to C.M. (although I took no pleasure in that, I assure y...
...ay of finding new contacts and perhaps of putting things right with C.M. or Tersteeg, say, or Mauve.
350 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 5 June 1883.
in note 8:
...ng of 1882 Van Gogh had quarrelled with both Uncle Cor (C.M.) and H.G. Tersteeg: his uncle reacted u...
in translation:
... sent small sketches of the two compositions to C.M. My hope is that this will perhaps result in his ...
...reconciliation with Tersteeg, however, and with C.M., and I have virtually no other resource than the...
351 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 7 June 1883.
in note 3:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie lived in Princenhage.
356 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 22 June 1883.
in note 13:
Van Gogh had sent Uncle Cor a letter and two sketches; see letters 349 and 350.
in translation:
I’ve had no reply from C.M. to my letter and so I shan’t write again soon.
361 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 11 July 1883.
in note 40:
...gh had looked at volumes of this periodical in March 1878 in Uncle Cor’s library (see letter 142).
in note 38:
...cent reported to Theo that he had written to Uncle Cor on 3 June 1883: see letter 349. The ‘croqui...
in translation:
After all, I don’t think it very nice of C.M. that I haven’t received one syllable in reply to my...
362 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Friday, 13 July 1883.
in note 18:
... letter 204 Van Gogh had also written that Uncle Vincent had said this in the summer of 1881; around...
in note 13:
Vincent reported to Theo on 3 June 1883 that he had written to Uncle Cor: see letter 349.
in translation:
Although I haven’t heard a syllable from C.M. in reply to my letter and croquis of Peat diggers and...
...er. I was already ill at the time, and received C.M.’s reply in the hospital. He had looked at them...
... woman”.’ However, I’ve deliberately kept C.M. in reserve for just such an emergency, and I thi...
In fact, I also have a certain promise from Uncle Cent that he would take drawings from me, but I’v...
363 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, Sunday, 22 July 1883.
in translation:
...rate not explain why Mauve, say, or Tersteeg or C.M. are so cool as not to want to see anything or sa...
376 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 19 August 1883.
in translation:
...ever would be. If perhaps you said something to C.M. about me possibly leaving the woman, then please...
378 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 21 August 1883.
in note 8:
...aid, namely after receiving the advance from Uncle Cor. Letter 384 shows that Van Gogh received the ...
in note 4:
...82 Van Gogh had twice made a series of drawings for his Uncle Cor for payment (see letter 210 ff.).
in note 2:
...ussed during his visit, Theo must have asked Uncle Cor to help support Vincent. Given the course of ...
in translation:
...pects. Accept my thanks for the step taken with C.M. — I’ll thank C.M., send him some studies, ot...
Perhaps if you again proposed to C.M., say, in your words or mine, what was raised last year, the out...
And having paid my debt with the money from C.M., it might be desirable to make the move quickly. A j...
379 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between about Thursday, 23 and about Wednesday, 29 August 1883.
in translation:
Today I’m sending a number of studies to C.M. I’m still very pleased with your revised opinion of...
380 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 2 September 1883.
in note 3:
Theo had mediated to put Uncle Cor and Vincent back in touch; see letter 378.
in translation:
As for C.M., I sent him more than 20 studies, so I don’t think he’ll be dissatisfied — moreover...
384 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 10 September 1883.
in note 2:
...yptic passage may be paraphrased as follows. Uncle Cor had given an advance on the drawings sent to ...
in translation:
... event. And I would suggest you write a word to C.M. right away to inform him of my departure because...
...t if we’re lucky enough to get something from C.M., I’ll have one or two things I’ve picked out...
I, for one, think that C.M. might just do nothing at all.
...ot to arrange today — write a short letter to C.M. — and in the next few days you’ll receive a ...
387 To Theo van Gogh. Hoogeveen, Sunday, 16 September 1883.
in translation:
...y a pity that you’ve still heard nothing from C.M. Obviously he doesn’t have to do anything, but ...
And if C.M. didn’t answer me, I can if need be understand that in so far as I say, oh well, it’s ...
..., and at least it isn’t entirely dependent on C.M. Only I’m very glad that I’m here because, ol...
...ter will be welcome again. Write just a word to C.M. in any event, at least if you haven’t already ...
388 To Theo van Gogh. Hoogeveen, on or about Friday, 21 September 1883.
in note 1:
...he following shipments sent by Van Gogh to his uncle are known from the correspondence: 12 pen-and-i...
in translation:
...Don’t forget to tell me the outcome regarding C.M., whether you’ve told him that I was here and w...
I’ve NEVER SAID that he must do something, nor do I now. I count what he did or might do as a favou...
... — that is far from being No. 1. No. 1 is that he goes too far in losing sight of the rights that I...
...t I must have an explanation, and not rest until I’ve settled matters with him one way or another.
...ore if you knew precisely what occurred between him and me in years past. When I was very dubious ab...
I thought that C.M., for example, might have understood me better, and have all the more reason to be...
...ough, that I shall NOT mention you, even though his insult to you, if he doesn’t set it right (it ...
...nd I don’t doubt that this will remain so. If C.M. falls through, which I fear, this doesn’t alte...
...rs. Mistakes along the lines, for example, that C.M. certainly believes that Degroux was a bad man, i...
392 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Wednesday, 3 October 1883.
in note 17:
...tly did not agree with these remittances: ‘Uncle Cent advised against sending Vincent too much mone...
in translation:
...hemselves out. I admit that your explanation of C.M.’s silence might be the case, but sometimes non...
393 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Sunday, 7 October 1883.
in translation:
...ttle more certainty in my affairs this year. If C.M. comes, talk to him about things again. I wish ab...
... G&Cie in the old days (for instance, when Uncle Vincent was still there, and not even in his latter...
...h he has nothing like the active life that Uncle Vincent had. Why not? — because it now comes down...
398 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Monday, 22 October 1883.
in note 6:
From 1858 onwards Uncle Vincent van Gogh was a partner (‘associé’) in Goupil & Cie. His art gall...
in translation:
... a little — if, for example, I could count on C.M. taking my studies — well, seeing as it’s che...
Has C.M. been yet? I repeat, keep your courage up, I’ll do the same, and if you do ever decide to b...
...ht better of it much earlier. They started in Uncle V’s time with a few employees, whom they treat...
...ised if matters took that turn, since even Uncle Vincent himself wasn’t treated very well when he ...
400 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Sunday, 28 October 1883.
in note 15:
From letter 406 it emerges that Van Gogh’s Uncle Vincent had insulted him in these words.
403 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Monday, 5 November 1883.
in translation:
...m behind me), Pa and Tersteeg, and come to that C.M. and who knows who else, all the influences of th...
406 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Monday, 12 or Tuesday, 13 November 1883.
in translation:
... at the start; if you hadn’t been there, Uncle Vincent’s words, ‘good for nothing’, HGT’s ...
409 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 6 December 1883.
in translation:
...the fact that you, who are just as clever as Uncle Cent, for instance, won’t be able to do what Unc...
411 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 8 December 1883.
in translation:
...the spirit in our family, particularly Pa’s and also, for instance, C.M.’s, more and more wrong.
...a ‘Van Gogh’, became a character like Pa or C.M. and by always being involved in business acquire...
...ality — played a part in the world like Pa or C.M. or Uncle V. even, very well, I wouldn’t interf...
...played a part in the world like Pa or C.M. or Uncle V. even, very well, I wouldn’t interfere with t...
415 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 18 December 1883.
in translation:
Every now and then, C.M. also used to come out with ‘unforgivable’. And people like Pa and C.M. s...
432 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 2 March 1884.
in translation:
If I’m as cool as can be to Pa — to C.M. — why should I behave any differently towards you were...
...�t give, after all — neither you, nor Pa, nor C.M. or the rest, who are always first off the mark t...
434 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, between about Wednesday, 5 and about Sunday, 9 March 1884.
in translation:
Well, provided one takes care, as Uncle Vincent says — that one doesn’t grow up into a stiff, sel...
442 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 24 March 1884.
in translation:
...r side, namely yours. You know that you told me C.M. said something of the sort to you about me this ...
479 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 23 January 1885.
in note 2:
...ou to be careful. Should you perhaps consult Uncle Cent? He is a man who has a clear view of business...
489 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 4 April 1885.
in note 1:
...hat day – from Uncle Jan van Gogh to Uncle Vincent van Gogh and Aunt Cornelie. On 28 March he infor...
in translation:
If I thought that C.M. meant it when he asked for heads of children, I could send him this one I did ...
490 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 6 April 1885.
in note 8:
... Jan van Gogh wrote about this to Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie: ‘Vincent told me and Stricker o...
492 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Thursday, 9 April 1885.
in translation:
But I know for certain that C.M., for instance, would speak of — badly drawn &c.
515 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 14 July 1885.
in translation:
...or a drawing by Raffaëlli, say, they would criticize the technique with the same air — à la C.M.
525 To Cornelis Marinus van Gogh. Nuenen, Thursday, 6 or Friday, 7 August 1885.
in note 2:
Vincent and Uncle Cor had last met at the end of March, in the days after Mr van Gogh’s death, at w...
in translation:
My dear Uncle,
534 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 10 October 1885.
in note 32:
See for Uncle Cor’s art gallery and bookshop: letter 4, n. 2; for Thoré, Musées de la Hollande: l...
in translation:
...es de la Hollande, Van der Hoop et Rotterdam at C.M.’s, but C.M. didn’t have the first volume, Mu...
I didn’t go into C.M.’s with him.
568 Vincent van Gogh and Andries Bonger to Theo van Gogh. Paris, on or about Wednesday, 18 August 1886.
in note 7:
...p to show it (or sell it?) – possibly to his uncles or to H.G. Tersteeg – or to use as an exchang...
in note 2:
...eg. On the basis of Vincent’s remark about Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent in letter 659 we can assume...
...lery with Andries Bonger. He talked to his Uncle Vincent, but his uncle saw no merit in the idea. We...
in note 15:
The sale catalogue of the paintings in Uncle Vincent’s estate lists two works by Otto Weber: Sous l...
615 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 May 1888.
in note 5:
See for Uncle Vincent: letter 398, n. 6.
in translation:
...tings that belong to those gentlemen. When our uncle was an associate of theirs, in some years he ma...
626 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between Saturday, 16 and Wednesday, 20 June 1888.
in note 22:
...ppears from the family correspondence that Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie sometimes sent fresh flow...
644 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, between Tuesday, 17 and Friday, 20 July 1888.
in note 5:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh of Princenhage was seriously ill – he had a lung condition (letter 615). He ...
in translation:
What you say about Princenhage, it’s true that it’s the same story all over again — but when at...
645 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 22 July 1888.
in note 3:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, who lived in Princenhage.
in translation:
... single one in Paris. But then again, as our uncle from Princenhage used to say, ‘everything sel...
652 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in note 1:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh died on 28 July 1888. Theo attended the funeral in Princenhage; see letter 656...
in translation:
So at last our uncle’s no longer suffering — I received the news from our sister this morning. It...
653 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in translation:
Uncle Cor has seen work of mine more than once, and he thinks it atrocious.
I must end now. Uncle’s death is a big event for Ma and you, and above all for Aunt. The impression...
656 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 6 August 1888.
in translation:
...histo character who makes you think a little of C.M. when younger, and in Coffee —.. it’s absolut...
It seems to me that you did well to go to our uncle’s funeral, as our mother seemed to expect you. ...
...tence. Which is why in the present case of our uncle’s death, the dead man’s face was tranquil, ...
It’s rather odd that our uncle, like our father, believed in the future life. Not to mention our fa...
658 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 9 August 1888.
in note 5:
Most probably Uncle Vincent, who had died shortly before; see letter 652.
in translation:
... that doesn’t lose 50% in them. In that, our uncle was quite right when he said: much work with fe...
659 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 12 August 1888.
in note 12:
Uncle Vincent left Theo 1,000 guilders; Vincent, in contrast, was specifically cut out. See Testament...
in note 14:
...rring here to the discussion he had had with Uncle Cor in 1882, which he had told Theo about. In def...
in note 13:
The refusal by Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent to provide financial backing had happened in the summer of...
The refusal by Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent to provide financial backing had happened in the summer of...
in translation:
... hard for me to get it into my head that he and C.M. haven’t condemned you a little to forced labou...
...ed, after so much coldness, rather kind of our uncle to have left you a legacy, but it’s hard for ...
664 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 19 or Monday, 20 August 1888.
in note 1:
...ssible for Gauguin to come was perhaps connected to Uncle Vincent’s legacy. See letter 659, n. 12.
702 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 10 or Thursday, 11 October 1888.
in note 2:
...studies to his uncle, the art dealer Cornelis Marinus van Gogh, several times in 1882-1883: cf. lett...
in translation:
..., of the half-dealer, half-collector sort. Thus C.M., even without helping us in any other way, could...
735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.
in note 4:
For the paintings in which C.M. van Gogh traded, see Stolwijk 1998, pp. 310-312.
in note 3:
...his son together). In May 1891 Cornelis Marinus van Gogh (Uncle Cor) transferred ownership of his bo...
in translation:
If you can do so, talk a little to C.M. about the future of his business and the fact that his son ca...
743 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889.
in note 15:
... moment when). Here Van Gogh is referring to Uncle Cor and/or Uncle Vincent – both of whom had ref...
... Van Gogh is referring to Uncle Cor and/or Uncle Vincent– both of whom had refused in 1886 to give...
762 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 24 April 1889.
in note 8:
... and drawings by Anton Mauve on display at C.M. van Gogh’s gallery at Keizersgracht 453. The Amste...
in translation:
...m that age, when we see the people of today. At C.M.’s there was an exhibition of charcoal croquis...
784 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in translation:
...ews it contains. I think it’s very logical of Cor to go there. What is different there from stayin...
826 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in note 7:
... his wife, Sara van Toorn. By the terms of Uncle Vincent’s will, drawn up in 1877, they received 1...
in note 6:
After the death of her husband, Uncle Vincent van Gogh, on 28 July 1888, Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus ...
839 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 13 January 1890.
in translation:
You must talk about it one day with C.M., should you see him, and tell him frankly that I’ll willin...
So when you see C.M., and it seems very likely to me that he will indeed drop by in February to see t...
854 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890.
in translation:
...e a good idea to send Reid, and perhaps also Tersteeg, or rather C.M., a copy of Aurier’s article?

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6 essay items found

Correspondents / Family members
in correspondents_2:
...e in the Van Gogh family: the art dealers Cornelis Marinus (‘Uncle Cor’ or ‘C.M.’) and Vincen...
... an artist in The Hague he made an appeal to Uncle Cor, who gave him a sympathetic hearing despite t...
For the city views for Uncle Cor see letters 210 and 214.
...rinus (‘Uncle Cor’ or ‘C.M.’) and Vincent van Gogh (‘Uncle Cent’). One such written to Un...
...irly charitable in his letters to Theo about Uncle Cent’s disparaging remarks about his love for Ke...
Biographical & historical context / The financial backgrounds
in context_3:
...ents and expenses that Vincent had. In 1882, Uncle Cor commissioned 12 pen drawings from him for 2.5...
Biographical & historical context / The immediate family circle
in context_4:
Cornelis Marinus van Gogh, ‘Uncle Cor’ (1826-1908), worked as a bookkeeper in his brother Hein’...
Vincent van Gogh, ‘Uncle Cent’ (1820-1888), was a successful art dealer. In 1858 he became a part...
...his brother Hein’s bookshop and his brother Vincent’s art gallery. In 1849 he set up on his own ...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / The letters: from conventional to personal
in letter_writer_2:
... window, reading. I know that Uncle Vincent and Cor like it very much, and I sometimes think that th...
... front of the window, reading. I know that Uncle Vincent and Cor like it very much, and I sometimes ...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / Manuscripts
in letter_writer_5:
...k in his letter of 19 May 1877: ‘Yesterday Uncle Cor sent me a batch of old paper, such as the she...
Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh
in context_1:
...ation between the brothers Hendrik, Vincent and Cor in the art trade), and the uncles Vincent and Co...
...Vincent wrote to Theo: ‘Do you still visit Uncle Cor now and then? Sometimes I long to see him so ...
...reer, it is strange that both Uncle Cent and Uncle Cor were not prepared to help him financially whe...
Uncle Vincent and Uncle Cor were definitely not the only ones with a conservative taste. The Dutch ha...
...amily evidently received reading matter from Uncle Cor’s shop, or from his own collection. In 1876...
...ly. Two such individuals were Uncle Cent and Uncle Cor, who influenced the careers of Vincent and Th...
Theodorus and his brother Vincent (Uncle Cent) were particularly close, and this bond was strengthene...
...e collaboration between the brothers Hendrik, Vincent and Cor in the art trade), and the uncles Vinc...
As joint owner of Goupil, Uncle Cent, for example, played a decisive role in the appointments and pos...
Uncle Cent and Aunt Cornelie employed a manservant and gardener as well as a kitchen-maid (FR b2924);...
...at Theo received from his father in 1885: ‘Uncle Cent does not forget us, but does so incognito, be...
Just how influential and paternalistic Uncle Cent was is revealed in a letter from the Reverend Van G...
Uncle Cent’s influence continued unabated, and Theodorus consulted his brother in Princenhage his w...
... in Theo’s career, it is strange that both Uncle Cent and Uncle Cor were not prepared to help him f...
Uncle Vincent and Uncle Cor were definitely not the only ones with a conservative taste. The Dutch ha...
...ieuwenhuis family. Two such individuals were Uncle Cent and Uncle Cor, who influenced the careers of ...
Cf. Groot and De Vries 1990. Uncle Cent disapproved of the plan. Mrs Van Gogh wrote to Theo on 18 Apr...

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3 other items found

Overview of all the letters
in overview:
to Cornelis Marinus van Gogh, uncle
Vincent van Gogh and Cornelie van Gogh-Carbentus, uncle and aunt
Documentation
in documentation:
...well? We hope so, since Uncle Cent received a letter from you this week, and for...
... the collection of his uncle, Mr Van Gogh at Princenhage, where he spoke warmly ...
Chronology
in 1883:
... August @Sends more than 20 drawings to Uncle Cor, who takes them on commission (379, 380, 384)...
in 1882:
11-24 March Draws 12 views of The Hague that have been commissioned by his Uncle Cor (210, 213).
Early April Uncle Cor commissions a second series of cityscapes (214). Theo moves to 25 rue La...
... second series of cityscapes (7 drawings) to Uncle Cor (232). @Sends Theo a drawing (233, 234)....
in 1873:
...ent visits Uncle Cor, the art dealer Cornelis Marinus van Gogh, in Amsterdam. Views his collection o...

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156 letters, 6 essay items and 3 other items found

156 letters found

6 essay items found

3 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters