17 letters found

1. 158 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, Friday, 24 September 1880.

   in note 3:

   ...nnels du dessin d’après nature by Armand Théophile Cassagne. Paris 1880. This book, consisting of...

2. 168 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, end of June 1881.

   in note 21:

   Armand Cassagne treated perspective not only in the above-mentioned Traité d’aquarelle (see n. 10)...

   in translation:

   ...lours I’ll probably find a great deal in it anyway, as regards sepia and ink, for example.Cassagne

   ... told me that he was also going to buy all of Cassagne’s books. He’s still struggling with perspe...

   in note 10:

   Armand Théophile Cassagne’s Traité d’aquarelle (1875) is a textbook treating the art of waterco...

3. 175 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, between Wednesday, 12 and Saturday, 15 October 1881.

   in note 5:

   ...o wrote in June 1881 that he was studying Armand Cassagne’s Traité d’aquarelle, could have had ...

4. 214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.

   in translation:

   ...I read a clearly written book on perspective, Cassagne, Guide de l’Abc du dessin, and a week later ...

   in note 2:

   Van Gogh is most likely referring to Armand Théophile Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin (...

5. 235 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 3 June 1882.

   in note 10:

   ...parate print (H271/B149). It was no doubt Armand Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin (1880)...

6. 238 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 9 June 1882.

   in note 2:

   ...et du dessin and Traité d’aquarelle by Armand Cassagne among other works. See cat. Amsterdam 1996...

7. 251 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Wednesday, 26 July 1882.

   in note 15:

   ... into these ideas about colour in more detail. He borrowed them from Cassagne: see letter 252, n. 2.

8. 252 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 31 July 1882.

   in note 4:

   Cassagne too complained about the number of ready-made colours on the market: ‘Colour-makers in gen...

   in note 3:

   Cassagne speaks of ‘strength of tone’ (la puissance de ton) and discusses this aspect in relation...

   in note 2:

   ... rest of this letter are very similar to what Cassagne says in the chapter ‘Les couleurs’ in Trai...

9. 253 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 5 August 1882.

   in note 3:

   ... the chapter ‘Les boîtes de couleurs’ in Cassagne’s Traité d’aquarelle (Cassagne 1875, pp. ...

10. 265 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 17 or Monday, 18 September 1882.

    in note 12:

    ...compare the beginning of the first chapter of Cassagne, Guide de l’alphabet du dessin: ‘The aim o...

11. 326 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 6 March 1883.

    in note 4:

    ...e French phrases may be quotations; they are not found in Cassagne’s Traité d’aquarelle (1875).

12. 506 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 2 June 1885.

    in note 27:

    ...aître. Paris 1870, pp. 123-126, 138-139, and Cassagne’s Traité d’aquarelle (Cassagne 1875, p. 8...

13. 630 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 23 June 1888.

    in translation:

    ...have to go to Marseille one of these days, to be able to get what I need from over there.A. Cassagne

    As for the publisher of Cassagne’s book — you probably have his treatise on perspective, and the ...

    in note 10:

    See letter 158, n. 3, for Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin and letter 168, n. 21 for h...

    in note 9:

    See for Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin: letter 214, n. 2. It was published by Ch. Foura...

14. 637 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 July 1888.

    in translation:

    Have you been able to find that book, A. Cassagne, ABCD du dessin? I really will need it.A. Cassagne

    in note 12:

    For Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin see letter 214, n. 2. Van Gogh had mentioned it agai...

15. 640 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 15 July 1888.

    in translation:

    By the way, about this book of Cassagne’s: the difficulty of finding the publisher, always supposin...

    in note 14:

    ... francs, as we learn from an advertisement in Cassagne’s Eléments de perspective. Paris 1881 (cf. ...

16. 657 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 8 August 1888.

    in note 20:

    For Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin see letter 214, n. 2. Vincent had asked Theo to buy ...

    in translation:

    I’d be quite surprised if that book by Cassagne was no longer in existence. They’d certainly know...

17. 659 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 12 August 1888.

    in translation:

    ...eranium lake arrived too), and lastly for the Cassagne book and for La fin de Lucie Pellegrin. If Tas...

    in note 2:

    See letter 214, n. 2, for Cassagne’s Guide de l’alphabet du dessin. Vincent had asked Theo to ...

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1. Chronology

   in 1880:

   ...st, probably on Theo’s advice (156, 214). #Reads Cassagne, Guide de l’alphabet du dessin (158).