9 letters found

1. 535 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 13 October 1885.

   in note 17:

   ...880 Haverman was in Antwerp, studying with Charles Verlat, he then studied at the Brussels Academy un...

2. 551 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Saturday, 2 January 1886.

   in note 2:

   Charles Michel Marie Verlat, The descent from the Cross Ill. 1403. It hangs several metres above the ...

   in translation:

   ...g models, this month I think I’ll go and see Verlat, who’s the director of the academy here — a...

   in note 21:

   Verlat was appointed director of the Antwerp Academy in October 1885.

3. 552 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, between Tuesday, 12 and Saturday, 16 January 1886.

   in note 9:

   ...“ at least it appears from letter 565 that Charles Verlat saw it. The second portrait may have been o...

   in translation:

   ...rk from memory. I’d like to work either with Verlat or at another studio for a while, and for the r...

   ...nd I thought that if I worked for a while with Verlat, say, I’d be in a better position to know wha...

4. 553 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, Tuesday, 19 or Wednesday, 20 January 1886.

   in note 3:

   ... attended the ‘Figure’ painting class that Verlat taught during the day, but that course was virt...

   in translation:

   Wanted to tell you that Verlat has seen my work at last, and when he saw the two landscapes and the s...

   ...nly if I were to become a little friendly with Verlat or Vinck or whomever, it would save me money fo...

   And if Verlat says that I have to purchase some painting gear or other, I also have to be prepared t...

   I’d like to make some progress with Verlat if I could. I find much of what he does both hard and wr...

5. 555 To Theo van Gogh, Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 28 January 1886.

   in translation:

   ...ge thing with two nude torsos — two wrestlers, a pose set by Verlat. And I really like doing that.

   What Verlat tells me is very severe and so too is what Vinck, who takes the drawing class, tells me â...

   ...hich I wouldn’t want even to talk about with Verlat or with Vinck — that I’m working; there’s...

   ... turns out — whether or not I get along with Verlat. I find the friction of ideas that I’m ...

   ...starting to put in more powerful shadows, that Verlat or someone else will seek a row with me, even i...

6. 557 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Tuesday, 2 February 1886.

   in translation:

   ... it’s a straitjacket. Then he also said that Verlat had told him that there were good things in my ...

   ...ay, Cormon would very probably say the same as Verlat. For precisely because I’m now in a position ...

7. 558 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 4 February 1886.

   in translation:

   ...tage of the opportunities at the studios, like Verlat, like Cormon. And one must be in the artists’...

   ...€” I imagine he would tell me much the same as Verlat says — that I have to draw nudes or plaster c...

   ...ssure you it’s not a bad sign if people like Verlat or Cormon, let’s say, demand that of someone....

8. 561 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 11 February 1886.

   in note 3:

   Probably something Van Gogh put into the mouth of his teacher Verlat or Siberdt by way of example.

9. 565 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Monday, 22 February 1886.

   in translation:

   ...comrade, an old Frenchman. I’ve painted his portrait, which Verlat liked and which you will see.

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1. Chronology

   in 1886:

   ...en. Attends lessons in figure painting from Karel Verlat by day, and in drawing after plaster casts f...