'We are delighted and very grateful that the Vincent van Gogh Foundation has made it possible to add such a remarkable letter as this to our collection, especially in these troubling times,' Van Gogh Museum director Emilie Gordenker said.

According to the Van Gogh Museum, this is the only letter Van Gogh ever wrote together with another artist and it is considered the most significant document written by the Dutch artist that was still in private hands. In the letter, the Van Gogh and Gauguin take turns to account their stay at the Yellow House. It will go on display as part of a new exhibition in October, the museum announced. The letter, written in November 1888, was purchased Tuesday at an auction in Paris for 210,600 euros, and will form part of the Van Gogh Museum's permanent collection. Van Gogh's tender and often ebullient letters provide a sharp contrast to the devastating and frequently violent mental breakdowns that plagued and eventually destroyed him.Ĭollected and edited by art historian Mark Roskill, this volume also includes a chronology, a short memoir by van Gogh's sister-in-law that fills in many of the blanks of Vincent's early years, and reproductions of selected artwork discussed in van Gogh's letters.Īn epistolary classic, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh is not just an important historical collection but also a captivating treasure.The Vincent van Gogh Foundation bought a letter on auction in which Van Gogh and fellow artist Paul Gauguin describe their stay at the Yellow House in Arles, and their visits to local brothels to their artist friend Emile Bernard. Also documented are Vincent's close relationships with fellow artists, especially Paul Gauguin. The letters expose Vincent's creative process his joy and inspiration derived from literature, Japanese art, and nature as well as his many romantic disappointments and constant poverty. This collection of letters, arranged in chronological order and written to Vincent's closest confidant, his brother and art dealer, Theo, provide a riveting narrative of van Gogh's life.

Though Vincent van Gogh is often thought of as a mad genius, in The Letters of Vincent van Gogh the thoughtful, effervescent, and sensitive man is revealed to readers through his own voice. A literary classic, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh Captures the voice of one of the most beloved and important artists of all time.

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