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003 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, mid-January 1873.
in translation:
Did Uncle Cent stop off at Brussels?
in note 10:
...st Edouard Jean Conrad Hamman. In 1878 Uncle Vincent van Gogh wrote to Theo, mentioning the Hamman fa...
005 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 17 March 1873.
in translation:
Uncle Cent is coming here at the end of the month, I’m longing to hear more from him.
in note 1:
...il & Co. had decided, after consulting Uncle Vincent van Gogh, to transfer Vincent to the London bran...
in note 4:
...sure whether or not he meant the ladies, but Uncle Cent says that having parrots in the drawing room ...
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.
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 ...
036 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 29 June 1875.
in translation:
...h is in the package in question, I sold to Uncle Vincent, who was here a couple of days ago. He also...
in note 3:
...old on 1 June 1875 for 2,000 francs to Uncle Vincent van Gogh at Princenhage. Reproductions of it wer...
in note 4:
...atalogue of the paintings in the estate of Uncle Vincent. See auct. cat. The Hague 1889 (Lugt, Répe...
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 translation:
Here are some words which I know Uncle Vincent is very fond of:
in note 10:
...eur Hamman’, who was in contact with Uncle Vincent van Gogh, he must be referring to Edouard Jean C...
047 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 12 September 1875.
in translation:
... 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 translation:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt left yesterday. I went to see them quite often. I’m sorry I didn’t see the...
Uncle Vincent and Aunt left yesterday. I went to see them quite often. I’m sorry I didn’t see the...
in note 2:
Aunt Cornelie van Gogh-Carbentus, wife of Uncle Vincent and a sister of Mrs van Gogh.
Aunt Cornelie van Gogh-Carbentus, wife of Uncle Vincent and a sister of Mrs van Gogh.
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:
... 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 translation:
Aunt Cornelie gave me a nice book to read, ‘Kenelm Chillingly’ by Bulwer. There’s much that’s...
in note 4:
...an Gogh-Carbentus, a sister of Mrs van Gogh, was married to Uncle Vincent, a brother of Mr van Gogh.
Aunt Cornelie van Gogh-Carbentus, a sister of Mrs van Gogh, was married to Uncle Vincent, a brother o...
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...
...his Uncle Vincent van Gogh: Uncle Vincent and his wife were staying with the Wallis family, who invit...
100 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 31 December 1876.
in note 7:
Aunt Cornelie, Uncle Vincent’s wife.
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 ...
... Princenhage, and Pa wanted me to go with them. Aunt came back with them in the carriage and I went f...
in note 4:
Even though Braat conferred with Uncle Vincent, and both Vincent and Theo were acquainted with his so...
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.)
111 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Sunday, 15 April 1877.
in note 12:
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...
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 possibilit...
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...
125 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 3 August 1877.
in translation:
Every time I see Uncle Vincent I’m moved by something indescribably kind and, I might say, somethin...
in note 19:
Uncle Vincent had been in Amsterdam at the beginning of August; from there he went with Uncle Cor to ...
129 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 4 September 1877.
in translation:
...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...
in note 10:
...-Nieuwenhuis had fallen down the stairs in Uncle Vincent’s house in Princenhage. She was married t...
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 75:
...rdrecht, Dordrechts Museum), which was bought in 1889 from the collection of Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
in note 76:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, who lived in Princenhage, had long been suffering from the effects of bronchi...
135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
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.
139 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 9 and Thursday, 10 January 1878.
in translation:
... 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...
in note 3:
For reasons of health, Uncle Vincent van Gogh and Aunt Cornelie left the Netherlands on 10 January fo...
...sons of health, Uncle Vincent van Gogh and Aunt Cornelie left the Netherlands on 10 January for the ...
141 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 18 and Tuesday, 19 February 1878.
in translation:
...out immediately. He was planning to write to Uncle Cent again, around Uncle’s birthday on 28 March....
146 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 5 August 1878.
in translation:
...ave for there as soon as everything is over. Uncle Cent was here this afternoon, most likely he’ll ...
... be writing to you soon. It was a short but pleasant visit, Aunt Cornelie continues to be miserable.
in note 3:
Aunt Cornelie at Princenhage, the wife of Uncle Vincent, had serious stomach complaints and was under...
147 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Thursday, 15 August 1878.
in translation:
Things are very sad at Princenhage, Aunt suffers a lot, and they’re all very worried about her.
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.
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie lived in Princenhage.
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 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.
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...
160 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Monday, 1 November 1880.
in note 13:
...s money matter, which presumably concerned Uncle Vincent or Uncle Cor van Gogh, or perhaps the take-...
in translation:
...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 14:
Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent van Gogh.
in translation:
...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...
180 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Monday, 7 November 1881.
in note 3:
...ters 181, 182 and 183). Uncle Stricker and Aunt Cornelie had evidently suggested to Van Gogh that he...
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 translation:
Others besides J.P.S. thought so too; they thought so at Princenhage, especially Aunt Cornelie.
...ce, once and for all I’m afraid, because Aunt Cornelie appeared to have set her heart on my doing ...
in note 18:
...encouraged to do this by their parents and Uncle Vincent (FR b982; b984; b990 and b5342). See also l...
204 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 13 February 1882.
in translation:
...he’d let me know, or come and have a look. Uncle Cent also told me last summer that if I have a dra...
220 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 23 April 1882.
in translation:
...�s calling and that Ma’s better again, but Uncle Cent is ill. I’m working on the drawings for C.M...
230 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 23 May 1882.
in translation:
I hear that Uncle Cent is in Paris — I hope you haven’t discussed the matter in question with him...
234 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 1 and Friday, 2 June 1882.
in translation:
...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.
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie lived at Princenhage.
235 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 3 June 1882.
in translation:
...nherited something because I share his name, Uncle Cent, is someone with whom I have been on bad term...
247 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 July 1882.
in translation:
...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...
in note 1:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, who lived in Princenhage.
252 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 31 July 1882.
in note 10:
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie, who lived in Princenhage.
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...
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.
Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie lived in Princenhage.
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 translation:
In fact, I also have a certain promise from Uncle Cent that he would take drawings from me, but I’v...
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...
393 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Sunday, 7 October 1883.
in translation:
... 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:
...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.
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:
...played a part in the world like Pa or C.M. or Uncle V. even, very well, I wouldn’t interfere with 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...
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 translation:
If I thought that C.M. meant it when he asked for heads of children, I could send him this one I did ...
in note 1:
...hat day – from Uncle Jan van Gogh to Uncle Vincent van Gogh and Aunt Cornelie. On 28 March he infor...
...Jan van Gogh to Uncle Vincent van Gogh and Aunt Cornelie. On 28 March he informed his sister Maria (...
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.
506 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 2 June 1885.
in translation:
...ey come out. How fine they are. I spoke to Aunt Cornelie briefly; she insisted that you would certai...
in note 32:
Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus had been to see Theo. He wrote to his mother: ‘As always, Aunt was very...
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.
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 15:
The sale catalogue of the paintings in Uncle Vincent’s estate lists two works by Otto Weber: Sous l...
in note 2:
...lery with Andries Bonger. He talked to his Uncle Vincent, but his uncle saw no merit in the idea. We...
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...
...mily correspondence that Uncle Vincent and Aunt Cornelie sometimes sent fresh flowers from Menton in...
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 translation:
...single one in Paris. But then again, as our uncle from Princenhage used to say, ‘everything sel...
in note 3:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh, who lived in Princenhage.
652 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in translation:
So at last our uncle’s no longer suffering — I received the news from our sister this morning. It...
in note 1:
Uncle Vincent van Gogh died on 28 July 1888. Theo attended the funeral in Princenhage; see letter 656...
653 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in translation:
I must end now. Uncle’s death is a big event for Ma and you, and above all for Aunt. The impression...
...s a big event for Ma and you, and above all for Aunt. The impression on me is very strange because of...
656 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 6 August 1888.
in translation:
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 13:
The refusal by Uncle Cor and Uncle Vincent to provide financial backing had happened in the summer of...
in translation:
...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.
743 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889.
in note 15:
... Van Gogh is referring to Uncle Cor and/or Uncle Vincent– both of whom had refused in 1886 to give...
771 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 1889.
in translation:
...no in our drawing room (we got one from Aunt Cornelie) — a large one which I like very much —...
in note 4:
... 1440) hung above the piano. The piano was Aunt Cornelie’s wedding present to Theo and Jo (FR b923...
795 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 16 August 1889.
in note 1:
...e he arrived on 15 August 1889 (FR b4292). Aunt Cornelie had given him the money to travel to Southa...
826 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in note 6:
After the death of her husband, Uncle Vincent van Gogh, on 28 July 1888, Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus ...
... Vincent van Gogh, on 28 July 1888, Cornelia van Gogh-Carbentus moved to The Hague on 28 November 18...
in note 7:
... his wife, Sara van Toorn. By the terms of Uncle Vincent’s will, drawn up in 1877, they received 1...
in translation:
..., to Nice, for instance. It’s great news that Aunt is no longer in Princenhage, but in any case she...

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87 letters found

87 letters found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters