21 letters found
- 578 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 24 February 1888.
- in note 7:
...h modern artists in England in association with Reid; he, though, proved to have other ideas. To prev...
- in note 6:
The Van Gogh brothers befriended Reid in February 1887. See Fowle 2010, p. 31, and cf. also n. 3 abov...
- in note 4:
Reid’s gift was probably Monticelli’s Vase of flowers (Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum). Ill. 306. Van...
- in note 3:
...he spring of 1887, the Scottish art dealer Alexander Reid, a friend of Theo and Vincent in Paris, had...
- in translation:
...from Holland was fairly satisfactory. As far as Reid goes, I wouldn’t be very surprised if — (wro...
...re can be no doubt about our good faith towards Reid — we could leave him alone and let him do as h...
...nd through you, if not by you in person. And if Reid made a move first, we’d be justified in thinki...
- 580 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 27 February 1888.
- in note 5:
...Heijbroek and Wouthuysen 1999, p. 27. Angus was Reid’s main competitor in the trade in Monticellis ...
- in note 2:
The contact between Reid and Van Wisselingh dated from the 1874-1882 period, when Van Wisselingh in L...
- in translation:
...e an effort from this end, because we’ll have Reid through Van Wisselingh and Van Wisselingh throug...
...by saying something vague about the question of Reid and the Impressionists and the interest that Van...
- 589 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 25 March 1888.
- in note 3:
...took over the running of the business. Theo and Reid regularly bought work by Monticelli there. See F...
- in note 17:
In his letters Van Gogh repeatedly accused Reid of not caring enough about living artists, and only b...
- in translation:
I think our friend Reid regrets falling out, unfortunately there can be no question of offering him t...
- 591 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 1 April 1888.
- in note 9:
Reid evidently wanted to buy a work from Guillaumin at a low price, and the latter had complained to ...
- in translation:
It seems to me that Tersteeg and not Reid should now set up the Impressionist exhibition in England.
I don’t at all like Reid’s way of behaving towards us, it seems funny to me that you and Guillaum...
Either Reid, after what has happened, should buy outright, or the artists should shut the door in his...
...in question? Tersteeg should know all about the Reid business, and know he has a competitor in the En...
- 592 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 3 April 1888.
- in note 15:
By Reid’s inexplicable behaviour Van Gogh was probably referring to his view that Reid had paid Gui...
- in translation:
...like the study I exchanged with L. Pissarro and Reid’s one, oranges, foreground white, background b...
If you see Reid again it would be a good idea to tell him we don’t have much confidence in the succ...
- 598 To John Peter Russell. Arles, Thursday, 19 April 1888.
- in note 9:
Reid had lived with the Van Gogh brothers in Paris for some time. See letter 578, n. 6.
- in note 8:
This letter from Reid to Theo, which was also mentioned in letter 589, is not known.
- in note 10:
See for Reid and Monticelli letter 578, n. 3.
- in translation:
I have heard nothing of our friend Mr Reid. I felt rather anxious on his account because I feel sure ...
- 602 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 1 May 1888.
- in translation:
Is Reid going to Marseille? At the bottom of it, perhaps, is that he loves this woman who didn’t tr...
- in note 22:
Theo must have written that Reid was back in Paris. Soon after the end of March 1888 Reid went to Sco...
- in note 21:
...an ‘art agent’ Mary Bacon Martin, with whom Reid had had an affair. See Fowle 1993, pp. 4-5, 30. ...
- 604 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
- in note 11:
Van Gogh had written to Russell about Reid in letter 598.
- in note 10:
See for Reid’s return: letter 602.
- in translation:
Now that’s news, that Reid’s back. I told Russell that since it was I who had introduced him into...
That Reid was ambitious, and being hard up for money like all of us, he was beside himself when it ca...
But that with Reid the vulgar dealer is stronger than the distinguished artist.
That won’t suit Reid, but is it too much to tell the truth? It’s surely no better than that now, ...
...t, although I imagine he has no more heart than Reid. If he found his painting style that would do hi...
- 610 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 14 May 1888.
- in note 9:
We do not know which landscape with poplars by Monticelli Reid had.
- in translation:
...tiful landscape with the poplars that we saw at Reid’s. To find more of Renoir’s gardens you’d ...
- 625 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 15 and Saturday, 16 June 1888.
- in note 11:
Van Gogh accused Reid of being too interested in his own gain (letter 589) and too little concerned w...
- in translation:
Isn’t it a bit the way it was with Reid — why say that Gabriel de la Roquette’s a scoundrel if ...
- 638 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 July 1888.
- in translation:
I asked him if he had news of Reid, and I put the same question to you.
- 642 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 15 July 1888.
- in translation:
...5 times; the sheets at our place are the result of replenishing the stock several times already.Reid
- 644 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, between Tuesday, 17 and Friday, 20 July 1888.
- in note 7:
... this ‘Maria’ is; Van Gogh might have meant Reid’s former girlfriend Mary Bacon Martin. Cf. let...
- in note 6:
According to his son Alexander, Reid was a skilled amateur artist and he often went ‘on sketching e...
- in translation:
What you write about Reid isn’t very cheerful either — at times he used to speak so often of maki...
- 673 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 3 September 1888.
- in translation:
... portrait of the Belgian has something of the portrait of Reid that you have, in terms of execution.
- in note 24:
There are two known portraits of Reid, both of which Theo had: F 270 / JH 1207 and F 343 / JH 1250. V...
- 686 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 23 or Monday, 24 September 1888.
- in note 18:
We do not know which painting of lovers by Monticelli Reid had.
- in translation:
...s, the small one that you have, the lovers that Reid had, those are complete figures, in which as far...
- 699 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 8 October 1888.
- in translation:
...hem there for framing at the framer’s who did Reid’s Monticellis. Bague, I’m almost sure of it,...
- 784 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
- in note 19:
Van Gogh wrote in letter 592 that he had said this to Reid.
- in translation:
How I think of Reid as I read Shakespeare, and how I’ve thought of him several times when I was ill...
- 830 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 22 December 1889.
- in translation:
... being ready but he will finish it, Cottier and Reid have put their names down for several copies so ...
- 833 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 31 December 1889 or Wednesday, 1 January 1890.
- in translation:
Perhaps the canvases in question would fit the bill for Reid.
- 853 To Albert Aurier. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 9 or Monday, 10 February 1890.
- in note 4:
... time. Van Gogh had undoubtedly heard this from Reid, one of the Scottish dealers in Monticelli’s w...
- 854 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890.
- in note 5:
...Scotland in connection with the above-mentioned Reid, his Scottish friend from Paris, who was an art ...
- in translation:
...Dupré &c.; do you remember how many times when Reid was there that we talked about that, even of the...
Would it not be a good idea to send Reid, and perhaps also Tersteeg, or rather C.M., a copy of Aurier...
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- in documentation:
...otsman by
the name of Alexander Reid. He never bought anything though, but the t...
- Chronology
- in 1887:
February
Befriends the art dealer Alexander Reid.
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29 September 1872 and 31 July 1890
Person:
Alexander Reid (1854-1928) Scottish art dealer
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