9 letters found

1. 263 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, between about Tuesday, 12 and Sunday, 17 September 1882.

   in note 6:

   .... 200-201. Ill. 1951. In letter 272 Van Gogh writes about this print, again in connection with Roll.

   in note 5:

   ...ers’ strike) by Eugène Froment after Alfred Philippe Roll in L’Illustration 78 (29 October 1881)...

2. 267 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 19 September 1882.

   in note 24:

   Probably Roll’s A miners’ strike; Van Gogh thought that this print would also please Van Rappard ...

3. 272 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 15 October 1882.

   in note 3:

   For the engraving after Roll’s A miners’ strike, see letter 263, n. 5. The painting A miners’ s...

   in translation:

   ...y it, and so was Rappard, to whom I sent one too. It was in L’Illustration, but an old issue. Roll

   ... subjects are rarely treated. As for the one by Roll, I myself was present at such a scene in all its...

4. 337 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Saturday, 21 April 1883.

   in note 14:

   For Alfred Roll’s A miners’ strike, see letter 263, n. 5. Van Gogh discussed the print at length ...

   in translation:

   ...arge woodcut of the two main figures and the first rough sketch, done long before the painting. Roll

5. 345 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, on or about Monday, 21 May 1883.

   in note 7:

   For Roll’s A miners’ strike, see letter 263, n. 5.

   in translation:

   ...w what I didn’t take? The miners’ strike by Roll, which I believe you have in duplicate. I have i...

6. 499 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 2 May 1885.

   in note 1:

   Alfred Philippe Roll, Le travail, chantier de Suresnes (Seine) (Labour, building site at Suresnes (Se...

   in translation:

   ...to it straightaway. I’m longing to get an idea of the Salon, particularly of the painting by Roll.

7. 500 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 4 and Tuesday, 5 May 1885.

   in note 4:

   This print after the painting by Alfred Roll, Le travail, chantier de Suresnes (Seine) – see letter...

   in translation:

   ...the lark in the Salon issue — the painting by Roll, also the Fantin-Latour— also The Cornish coas...

8. 502 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 22 May 1885.

   in note 15:

   See for Roll’s A miner’s strike: letters 272, n. 3 and 263, n. 5.

   in note 14:

   Mantz observed: ‘Mr Roll is a great beginner’ (M. Roll est un grand commenceur) (p. 2).

   in translation:

   Except I think it a shame that he calls Roll ‘a beginner’ — for that’s to denigrate him, and ...

   ...s’ strike at least. When Paul Mantz says that Roll’s labourers don’t work very hard, and that i...

   in note 22:

   Mantz was talking about Alfred Roll in this context, not Lhermitte.

9. 823 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 26 November 1889.

   in translation:

   ...Millet as a man – now some like Lhermitte and Roll have grasped him – things wouldn’t be so. On...

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