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602 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 1 May 1888.
in note 19:
...upied by the grocer’s shop run by François Damase Crévoulin and his wife Marguerite Favier; the ...
...François Damase Crévoulin and his wife Marguerite Favier; the right-hand side was the accommodatio...
606 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 May 1888.
in note 2:
...w House. The proprietors of the café were Joseph Ginoux and his wife Marie. We learn from letters 6...
...s of the café were Joseph Ginoux and his wife Marie. We learn from letters 656 and 691 that Van Gog...
648 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 24 or Wednesday, 25 July 1888.
in note 3:
This model was the postman Joseph Roulin: see letter 652.
652 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in note 7:
In a letter to Willemien van Gogh, Roulin described himself as ‘Entreposeur des Postes’ and gave ...
in translation:
...ry Socratic. A raging republican, like père Tanguy. A more interesting man than many people.postman
653 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 31 July 1888.
in note 3:
...as Joseph Roulin (F 432 / JH 1522). For the comparison of Roulin with Socrates see letter 652, n. 7.
in translation:
I’m now working on the portrait of a postman with his dark blue uniform with yellow.
...t, reasons very well and knows many things. His wife gave birth today and so he’s in really fine fe...
654 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 3 August 1888.
in note 8:
For the comparison of Roulin with Socrates see letter 652, n. 7.
655 To Emile Bernard. Arles, on or about Sunday, 5 August 1888.
in translation:
I’ve just made a portrait of a postman — or rather, two portraits even — Socratic type, no less...
...oholic, and with a high colour as a result. His wife had just given birth, the good fellow was glowin...
in note 20:
...(F 433 / JH 1524). See letter 662. See letter 652, n. 7, for the comparison of Roulin with Socrates.
656 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 6 August 1888.
in note 8:
Exactly what Van Gogh gave Roulin is not clear. It may have been one or more copies of the popular po...
in translation:
...did not only one but even two portraits of my postman, one half-length, with hands, and a life-size ...
...well, and that I also plan to paint his newborn baby shortly. Because his wife has just given birth.
657 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 8 August 1888.
in note 18:
Van Gogh’s neighbours, François Damase Crévoulin and Marguerite Crévoulin-Favier ran a grocer’...
...rs, François Damase Crévoulin and Marguerite Crévoulin-Favier ran a grocer’s shop in the left-ha...
in translation:
My neighbour and his wife (grocers) strongly resemble the Buteaux, for example.
My neighbour and his wife (grocers) strongly resemble the Buteaux, for example.
662 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 15 August 1888.
in translation:
Now, I’ve kept the large portrait of the postman, and his head enclosed herewith is — a single si...
663 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 18 August 1888.
in note 3:
...me the postman’s name is mentioned; Van Gogh had evidently misheard it, for he wrote ‘Rollin’.
in translation:
...he drawing I made after this painting, as well as the drawing of the portrait of Roulin the postman.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to paint the postman as I feel him; as a revolutionary this man is l...
665 To Emile Bernard. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 21 August 1888.
in note 1:
...d recorded in his portraits of the postman Joseph Roulin; see letter 652, n. 7. Van Gogh also hoped ...
667 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 21 or Wednesday, 22 August 1888.
in note 4:
...his plan into effect: he painted the whole Roulin family, including the baby, in December 1888 (cf. ...
in translation:
If I can get the mother and father to agree to let me paint it, then I’ll do a child in a cradle on...
If I can get the mother and father to agree to let me paint it, then I’ll do a child in a cradle on...
669 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 26 August 1888.
in note 8:
Van Gogh had painted two portraits of Roulin the postman in late July and early August: Joseph Roulin...
in translation:
But I consulted this postman whom I painted, who has very often set up his little household and dism...
676 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 8 September 1888.
in note 2:
This must be Joseph Ginoux, from whom Van Gogh rented a room in the Café de la Gare; see letter 606....
in note 3:
Van Gogh had painted two portraits of Roulin in late July and early August: Joseph Roulin (F 432 / JH...
in translation:
...reat delight of the lodging-house keeper, the postman whom I’ve already painted, the prowling nigh...
... a piece of my mind to the said lodging-house keeper, who isn’t a bad man after all, and I’d tol...
677 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 9 September 1888.
in note 3:
Joseph and Augustine Roulin.
in translation:
...I worked at furnishing the house. Just as the postman and his wife told me, the two beds, if you wan...
...rnishing the house. Just as the postman and his wife told me, the two beds, if you want something stu...
682 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 18 September 1888.
in note 2:
...t no. 2 place Lamartine, was the grocer’s shop run by François Damase and Marguerite Crévoulin.
...t no. 2 place Lamartine, was the grocer’s shop run by François Damase and Marguerite Crévoulin.
691 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Saturday, 29 September 1888.
in note 6:
...ses at 2 place Lamartine, was the grocer’s shop run by François Damase and Marguerite Crévoulin.
in note 4:
Since Roulin lived in rue de la Montagne des Cordes (on the right after the two bridges), Van Gogh mu...
in translation:
...e I go to eat supper every day. My friend the postman lives at the bottom of the street on the left,...
702 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 10 or Thursday, 11 October 1888.
in translation:
... in the open air and in cafés. My friend the postman, for example, lives a great deal in cafés and...
715 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 29 October 1888.
in note 5:
...1952). Gauguin’s drawing and painting of Madame Ginoux were done a week later, so they cannot be w...
717 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Saturday, 3 November 1888.
in note 6:
...625). See exhib. cat. Chicago 2001, p. 186. Marie Ginoux, the wife of the cafe’s proprietor, posed ...
in translation:
Then I have an Arlésienne at last, a figure (no. 30 canvas) knocked off in one hour, background pale...
723 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Saturday, 1 December 1888.
in note 2:
Joseph Roulin and his wife Augustine had two sons and one daughter: Armand (17), Camille (11) and Mar...
Joseph Roulin and his wife Augustine had two sons and one daughter: Armand (17), Camille (11) and Mar...
in translation:
... of the postman whose head I did before – the man, his wife, the baby, the young boy and the 16-ye...
...ostman whose head I did before – the man, his wife, the baby, the young boy and the 16-year-old son...
728 Vincent van Gogh and Félix Rey to Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 2 January 1889.
in note 1:
...d the last letter from Vincent’s friend the postman says, “The doctor will wait a few days befor...
...2023; Brief happiness 1999, p. 83. Doctor Rey, Roulin and the Rev. Frédéric Salles kept Theo inform...
729 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 January 1889.
in note 1:
...the first time in two weeks, in the company of Roulin, who informed Theo that he and Vincent had spen...
in translation:
The charwoman and my friend Roulin had taken care of the house, put everything in good order.
730 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Friday, 4 January 1889.
in note 2:
Van Gogh means that Roulin had arranged for him to leave the hospital for a short while on 4 January....
in translation:
Roulin has been really kind to me, it was he who had the presence of mind to get me out of there befo...
732 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.
in note 13:
Roulin had accompanied Van Gogh the first time he was allowed to leave the hospital, on 4 January, an...
in translation:
Roulin has been excellent to us, and I dare believe that he’ll remain a staunch friend whom I’ll ...
734 Paul Gauguin to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, between Tuesday, 8 and Wednesday, 16 January 1889.
in translation:
Thank Roulin for thinking of me. I have indeed received my stretcher keys – at the next opportunity...
735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.
in translation:
Roulin sends his warm regards, he was very pleased with what you said about him in your letter today,...
736 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 17 January 1889.
in note 7:
This café owner was undoubtedly Joseph Ginoux.
in note 8:
Theo had sent Roulin a postal order for 30 francs to pay the rent for December (21.50 francs). Roulin...
in note 14:
In Marseille Roulin took up the post of ‘courrier-convoyeur’ (an official in the postal carriage ...
...see letter 742, Additional details). Roulin’s wife was staying with their children at her mother’...
in translation:
Given to Roulin to pay the charwoman for the month of December
...st day I cheerfully went to have dinner with Roulin at the restaurant, completely reassured and wit...
...t be added the fact that you sent 30 francs to Roulin, out of which he paid the 21.50 for the rent fo...
Roulin’s going to leave, and as early as the 21st, he’s going to be employed in Marseille.
..., he and his wife, are still very, very upset. Roulin has very often kept me company during this past...
...alary is minimal, and he’ll have to leave his wife and his children for a while, who won’t be abl...
And at heart I think they, he and his wife, are still very, very upset. Roulin has very often kept me...
... I first pay the 5 francs borrowed from the café owner, then for 10 refreshments taken during this ...
738 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 19 January 1889.
in note 7:
Van Gogh compared Roulin to Socrates a number of times; see letter 652, n. 7. The passage on Socrates...
in translation:
Roulin is on the point of leaving. His salary here was 135 francs a month, to raise 3 children with t...
...ldren with that and live on it, himself and his wife! You can imagine what that was like. And that is...
739 To Paul Gauguin. Arles, Monday, 21 January 1889.
in note 5:
... Gogh’s idea of hanging his painting of the Berceuse in a fishing boat was prompted by what Pierre ...
in translation:
Roulin has had his transfer to Marseille and has just left. It has been touching to see him these las...
...a fresh start on the canvas I had painted of Mrs Roulin, the one which had remained in a vague state ...
740 To Arnold Koning. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 22 January 1889.
in translation:
..., a few words about mine. At present I have a portrait of a woman on the go, or rather on the easel.
741 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 22 January 1889.
in translation:
... that misfortunes never come singly. Yesterday Roulin left (naturally my dispatch of yesterday was se...
...y, as married people our parents were exemplary, like Roulin and his wife to quote another specimen.
I have the portrait of Roulin’s wife on the go that I was working on before being ill.
...y, as married people our parents were exemplary, like Roulin and his wife to quote another specimen.
Did you see, during your fleeting visit, the portrait in black and yellow of Mrs Ginoux?
744 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 30 January 1889.
in note 9:
The third version of the Berceuse is Augustine Roulin (‘La berceuse’) (F 505 / JH 1669). See Hoer...
in note 7:
For the portraits of the Roulin family, see letter 723, n. 2.
in note 6:
The Roulins, the Ginouxs of the Café de la Gare and the charwoman, Thérèse Balmoissière, were all...
The Roulins, the Ginouxs of the Café de la Gare and the charwoman, Thérèse Balmoissière, were all...
...d terms with his immediate neighbours, Mr and Mrs Crévoulin, whom he mockingly compares in letter 6...
in note 1:
...ident Carnot. Boulanger refused, however, to stage a coup. Roulin was a Boulangist (cf. letter 667).
in translation:
...let you know that last Monday I saw our friend Roulin again. There was good reason for it too — the...
...Gauguin to which I replied without delay. When Roulin came I had just finished the repetition of my s...
Roulin sends you his warm regards.
... was our interpretation of the event, not just Roulin’s and mine but that of many others. We were v...
...e for portraits if they dared ask for them. As Roulin, poor poverty-stricken devil and lowly employee...
...ke our hands. I could just show him the two examples of the portrait of his wife, which pleased him.
...ses, come on. Today I started work on a third Berceuse. I do know that it’s neither drawn nor paint...
745 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 3 February 1889.
in note 6:
...ke measures to this end; see letter 728, n. 1. Roulin wrote about it to Theo on 28 December, and Mrs ...
in note 3:
The Roulins chose Augustine Roulin (‘La berceuse’) (F 505 / JH 1669); the repetition of it (the f...
in translation:
...let her choose between the three, her and her husband, only on condition that I’d do a repetition ...
When I came out of the hospital with good Roulin I fancied that I hadn’t had anything, only afterwa...
I must say this, that the neighbours &c. are particularly kind towards me, everyone here suffering ei...
...�ve done the Berceuse three times, now since Mrs Roulin was the model and I was only the painter, I l...
Perhaps in the Berceuse there’s an attempt at a little music of colour from here, it’s badly pain...
747 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 18 February 1889.
in translation:
...ve found so much friendship already from the neighbours, from Mr Rey, from everyone at the hospital f...
748 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 25 February 1889.
in note 2:
...ns are F 505 / JH 1669 and F 506 / JH 1670. The Roulins had chosen F 505 / JH 1669; the repetition o...
in translation:
...l. Yesterday and today I began to work. When Mrs Roulin also left, to go and live with her mother in ...
751 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 22 March 1889.
in translation:
...ticles &c. do to you and me? As my good friend Roulin says, ‘it is acting as a pedestal for others�...
753 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 29 March 1889.
in note 1:
... must be referring to the café proprietor Joseph Ginoux and his wife, Marie, who were friends of hi...
...e café proprietor Joseph Ginoux and his wife, Marie, who were friends of his. Ginoux had not signed...
754 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Thursday, 4 April 1889.
in note 8:
Madame Roulin and her children were staying with her mother in Lambesc (see letter 775).
in note 3:
Roulin had been transferred to Marseille at the end of January; see letter 736, n. 14. ‘Carry burde...
in note 10:
Roulin celebrated his 48th birthday on 4 April.
in translation:
By the way — just today friend Roulin came to see me — he told me to give you his warm regards an...
And besides, before seeing Roulin I had already been to the gasworks to arrange it so. And Roulin was...
...here’s a fine article on Monet in Le Figaro, Roulin had read it and had been struck by it, he said....
Roulin was saying, or rather made it understood, that he didn’t at all like the anxiety that has re...
While Roulin isn’t exactly old enough to be like a father to me, all the same he has silent solemni...
Roulin’s family was still out in the country, and although he’s earning a little more, since the ...
760 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 21 April 1889.
in note 4:
...y on 8 May. Letter 767 and correspondence with Joseph and Marie Ginoux reveals that he had stored his...
...tter 767 and correspondence with Joseph and Marie Ginoux reveals that he had stored his furniture wit...
765 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 30 April 1889.
in note 29:
...med, however, that F 486 remained with the Ginoux family in Arles and that they sold it to Vollard. ...
in note 24:
...of a sower’. After ‘ditto’ Van Gogh crossed out ‘portrait de Roulin’ (portrait of Roulin).
767 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 2 May 1889.
in note 1:
It may be deduced from letter 796, written by Roulin, that Theo had received the portraits of all the...
...ceived the portraits of all the members of the family, so Armand Roulin (F 493 / JH 1643) and Camille...
in note 10:
...furniture in the Café de la Gare owned by Joseph Ginoux; see letter 760, n. 4. He had lodged there ...
768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.
in note 26:
...n Van Gogh refers to are the portraits of Augustine Roulin and Marie Ginoux. The consignment most lik...
...o are the portraits of Augustine Roulin and Marie Ginoux. The consignment most likely contained four ...
773 Joseph Roulin to Vincent van Gogh. Marseille, Monday, 13 May 1889.
in note 3:
...Place Lamartine, on which the Yellow House and Ginoux’s café bordered, was also in this district.
in note 2:
Madame Roulin and the children were staying with her mother in Lambesc.
in note 6:
Roulin lived with Joseph Delpal and his wife Julienne Bloyet (Archives Municipales de Marseille). Van...
in note 5:
Regarding Roulin’s position in Marseille, see letter 736, n. 14.
in note 4:
...ntoine Pelissier, who lived in avenue de Montmajour and was, like Roulin, a native of Lambesc (ACA).
in note 1:
Van Gogh and Roulin had last seen each other around Thursday, 4 April (see letter 754). Apparently he...
in translation:
Roulin, Railway Postman
...ealth is very good. I received a letter from my wife telling me that she is very well, as are Marcell...
... health. If you have the occasion to see Mr and Mrs Ginoux and the friends Mr and Mrs Bressy, Peliss...
774 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 21 May 1889.
in note 2:
...en the fifth painting, F 505 / JH 1669, to Madame Roulin). At Vincent’s request, Theo gave two of ...
in note 3:
...nce information on the other four portraits of Roulin (F 432 / JH 1522, F 434 / JH 1647, F 435 / JH 1...
...that F 432 stayed in Arles and was sold by Joseph Ginoux to Vollard. See Feilchenfeldt 2005, pp. 290...
in translation:
...r and undamaged. The Berceuse, the portrait of Roulin, the little sower, with the tree, the baby, the...
...ything arrived in good order and undamaged. The Berceuse, the portrait of Roulin, the little sower, w...
775 Joseph Roulin to Vincent van Gogh. Marseille, Wednesday, 22 May 1889.
in note 1:
Madame Roulin and the children were staying with her mother (see letter 748).
in note 5:
The Roulins owned Augustine Roulin (‘La berceuse’) (F 505 / JH 1669). It cannot be ascertained wh...
in note 4:
Roulin had visited Van Gogh around Thursday, 4 April; see letter 754.
in translation:
Roulin.
...ll you that I found them all in good health. My wife is very well, Armand, our blacksmith, I have rea...
We talked at length about you with my wife on the subject of my last journey to Arles. When I write t...
776 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 23 May 1889.
in note 4:
...use were with Jo van Gogh-Bonger (F 504 / JH 1655 and F 507 / JH 1672) and Roulin (F 505 / JH 1669).
778 Joseph Ginoux to Vincent van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 31 May 1889.
in note 1:
Because Ginoux says that he has delivered the frame to the hospital bursar, it is not likely that thi...
in translation:
Joseph Ginoux.
...he pleasure of seeing you soon, in anticipation of which Mrs Ginoux and I send you our best regards.
782 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 18 June 1889.
in note 4:
This model was Augustine Roulin.
in translation:
...e from time to time like that one, or like the woman who posed for the Berceuse, I’d do something ...
787 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 6 July 1889.
in note 6:
Van Gogh had stored his furniture in a room he rented from Mr and Mrs Ginoux. See letter 760, n. 4.
in translation:
...e to them smiling and very healthy, while the parents were at bay. So take it as it is, wait with co...
796 Joseph Roulin to Vincent van Gogh. Marseille, Monday, 19 August 1889.
in note 2:
...mas (29 September), see letter 654, n. 2. Augustine Roulin and the children were staying with her mot...
in note 3:
...nformation, it can be ascertained that the Roulin family owned the following portraits: Augustine Ro...
in note 1:
Vincent must have written to Roulin about Theo’s reaction to the portraits in the third consignment...
in translation:
Roulin
...ot come until the first ten days of October. Augustine and Marcelle came to stay for a fortnight in ...
...ccept my sincere regards as well as those of my wife and my children. Marcelle sends you a big kiss.
797 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 22 August 1889.
in note 14:
Roulin’s letter is letter 796.
in translation:
(Our friend Roulin has written to me too.)
814 Joseph Roulin to Vincent van Gogh. Marseille, Thursday, 24 October 1889.
in note 3:
Van Gogh likely wrote to Roulin about his plan to put himself in the care of Dr Gachet in Auvers. See...
in note 1:
Since Roulin’s departure for Marseille on 21 January 1889, his wife Augustine and their children ha...
...e for Marseille on 21 January 1889, his wife Augustine and their children had been staying with her ...
in translation:
Roulin, Railway Postman
My wife was very happy to discover your kind letter on arrival, to learn from it that you are in go...
...often see people from Arles who give me news of Ginoux, people have told me that everybody was well.
820 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 19 November 1889.
in note 14:
...furniture from the Yellow House was in storage at Ginoux’s Café de la Gare; see letter 760, n. 4.
836 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 4 January 1890.
in translation:
...le, i.e. I made a present of them to my friend Roulin, a white farmhouse among the olive trees and a ...
839 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 13 January 1890.
in note 8:
Van Gogh’s furniture from the Yellow House was in storage at the Ginoux’s Café de la Gare.
841 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 20 January 1890.
in note 1:
...rent from letter 850 that this patient was Madame Ginoux and that Van Gogh had visited her in Arles,...
in translation:
... as I’m inclined to believe. I saw a female patient who had a rather worrying nervous complication...
842 To Joseph Ginoux and Marie Ginoux-Julien. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 20 January 1890.
in note 1:
Madame Ginoux had had the flu, and was also suffering from nervousness and menopausal complaints. Van...
in note 2:
It emerges from letter 850 that Van Gogh had said this during his visit to the Ginouxs.
in translation:
My dear friends Mr and Mrs Ginoux,
843 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 22 January 1890.
in note 7:
...from the Yellow House, which was in storage at Ginoux’s Café de la Gare, to Gauguin and De Haan in...
850 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
in translation:
...there – I’m a little anxious about a woman friend who is still ill, it seems, and to whom I’d l...
in note 22:
This friend is Madame Ginoux from Arles; Van Gogh had visited her on 18 or 19 January (see letter 841...
851 To Joseph Ginoux. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Sunday, 2 February 1890.
in note 1:
On 18 or 19 January, Van Gogh had visited Joseph Ginoux and his wife Marie, who was suffering from ne...
...an Gogh had visited Joseph Ginoux and his wife Marie, who was suffering from nervous attacks and men...
in translation:
My dear Mr Ginoux,
... prefer to come in person to ask you how your patient is, just as I had also hoped to come back to s...
Kind regards to you and to Mrs Ginoux, and all my wishes for her speedy recovery.
856 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in note 4:
... Gogh painted a total of five portraits of Madame Ginoux, based on the drawing Gauguin had made in A...
in translation:
I have a portrait of an Arlésienne on the go in which I’m seeking an expression different from tha...
863 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 29 April 1890.
in translation:
... yellow sky. As regards the portrait of the Arlésienne, you know that I’ve promised our friend Ga...
865 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 1 May 1890.
in note 15:
Joseph and Marie Ginoux.
Joseph and Marie Ginoux.
in translation:
...ave my furniture behind in Arles. It’s with friends, and I’m sure they’d send it the day I wan...
866 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 2 May 1890.
in note 6:
Marie Ginoux was portrayed by Gauguin in his drawing Madame Ginoux (study for ‘Night café, Arles�...
in note 2:
...rles in May 1889, Van Gogh had stored his furniture at Joseph and Marie Ginoux’s Café de la Gare.
in note 5:
Augustine Roulin was the model for the five versions of Augustine Roulin (‘La berceuse’): F 504 /...
in translation:
If I were still to have at my disposal the model who posed for the Berceuse and the other whose portr...
...l the model who posed for the Berceuse and the other whose portrait you’ve just received after Gau...
871 To Joseph Ginoux. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 12 May 1890.
in translation:
...or a long time. If by chance you should see the Roulins, don’t forget to give them my warm regards...
My dear Mr Ginoux,
... think of you all often, for it’s true, as Mrs Ginoux says, that when people are friends they are s...
875 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, Sunday, 25 May 1890.
in note 8:
Ginoux was supposed to send the beds from Arles (see letter 871).
879 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in translation:
...artment they also have a new portrait of an Arlésienne. My friend Dr Gachet is decidedly enthusiast...
...he suit is light lilac. The portrait of the Arlésienne is of a colourless and matt flesh tone, the ...
881 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers, Tuesday, 10 June 1890.
in note 6:
...r 871; the other two are not known. Van Gogh’s third letter crossed letter 882 from Madame Ginoux.
in note 5:
...he day Van Gogh wrote this, he received word from Marie Ginoux about his furniture (see letter 882).
in translation:
...iture lost. As far as I can imagine, my friends where it is won’t put themselves out to send...
882 Marie Ginoux-Julien to Vincent van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 10 June 1890.
in note 2:
Van Gogh had asked the Ginouxs to send to Auvers the furniture he had stored with them in Arles. He c...
in note 1:
This letter crossed Van Gogh’s third letter to the Ginouxs (see letter 881).
in translation:
...ers, if we have delayed so long it is that my husband has been ill, he had a little accident, he had...
I shall end, my husband joins with me in shaking your hand in our hearts and in friendship.
Mrs Ginoux
883 To Joseph and Marie Ginoux. Auvers-sur-Oise, Wednesday, 11 June 1890.
in translation:
My dear friends Mr and Mrs Ginoux,
I want to reply straightaway to Mrs Ginoux’s letter to say that I was really pleased to have news o...
...ed to have news of you. I really regret that Mr Ginoux has been injured and has suffered so much. Pl...
...thank you in advance for your trouble, but let Ginoux get a man to do the packing and not wear himsel...
884 Paul Gauguin to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, on or about Friday, 13 June 1890.
in translation:
I’ve seen the canvas of Mrs Ginoux. Very fine and very curious, I like it better than my drawing.
887 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Saturday, 14 June 1890.
in note 1:
This letter from Marie Ginoux was letter 882.
in translation:
...st I’ve received news about my furniture, the man who has it has been ill all the time, having bee...
... the bulls while helping to unload them. So his wife writes to me that it was because of this that th...
888 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 15 June 1890.
in note 8:
...e constantly refers to the second series of Arlésiennes that Van Gogh painted in Saint-Rémy. Assum...
in translation:
...’ time. He very much likes the portrait of a woman you did in Arles. It’s perhaps just what he n...
889 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Tuesday, 17 June 1890.
in translation:
...leased, too, that he likes the head of that Arlésienne. I really hope to do a few etchings of subje...
RM23 To Paul Gauguin, Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Tuesday, 17 June 1890.
in translation:
... you say that you liked the portrait of the Arlésienne based rigorously on your drawing. I tried to...
...s that Lauzet, who’s doing the lithographs after Monticelli, liked that head of the Arlésienne.
898 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Thursday, 10 July 1890.
in note 7:
Van Gogh’s furniture from Arles had been sent by the Ginouxs to Auvers (see letter 882).

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8 essay items found

Publication history / De brieven 1990: a large edition for a small readership
in publications_6:
...nwhile made public in other works, such as the Roulin letters published by Hulsker and the Gauguin le...
Marie Ginoux-Julien to Van Gogh (letter 882).
Publication history / A flood of supplementary publications
in publications_4:
Van Gogh to Joseph and Marie Ginoux (letters 842, 851 (also facsimile), 871 and 883), in Coquiot 1923...
Van Gogh to Joseph and Marie Ginoux (letters 842, 851 (also facsimile), 871 and 883), in Coquiot 1923...
Correspondents / Preservation of the letters
in correspondents_4:
...him and gave or sent them to Theo (such as Joseph Roulin, who cleared up the Yellow House after the ...
Biographical & historical context / The financial backgrounds
in context_3:
...rancs a month that his friend the postman, Joseph Roulin, had to feed the five mouths of his family,...
Publication history / The first collected edition of 1952-1954 and thereafter
in publications_5:
...ers plus a letter about Vincent written by Joseph Roulin to Willemien on 8 January 1889 (numbered W1...
...an Gogh’s life, among them four letters from Roulin to Van Gogh (and five from Roulin to Theo),The ...
The four letters from Roulin to Vincent van Gogh are 773, 775, 796 and 814.
About this edition / The annotations
in about_5:
...Angrand: 570 (whereabouts unknown); one to Joseph Ginoux: 842 (whereabouts unknown). There ...
About this edition / The transcriptions
in about_2:
... here for the first time). Letter 778 from Joseph Ginoux to Van Gogh is known only as a carbon copy ...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / Strategies and rhetoric
in letter_writer_4:
...ort.See letter 573. And when he wrote to Mr and Mrs Ginoux, who ran the Café de la Gare in Arles, h...

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3 other items found

Documentation
in documentation:
The five letters by Joseph Roulin, the nine by the Reverend Frédéric Salles an...
...eph Roulin to Willemien van Gogh. Arles, 8 January 1889 (FR b710).Joseph Roulin
...ountryside or with very simple people, like the Roulins, because he leaves his ...
...k you for the kind things that you say about my wife and our little daughter. Re...
5th Mr Joseph Ginoux, aged 45, café owner, of place de Lamartine, who agreed th...
Ginoux
Probably drawn up by François Damase Crévoulin, the first signatory. Reproduced in exhib. ...
D. Crévoulin, grocer; Esprit Lantheaume; Fayard; Viany, retail tobacconist; Sil...
2nd Mrs Marguerite Favier, married name Crévoulin, aged 32, provision merchant, of place ...
Mrs Crévoulin
Overview of all the letters
in overview:
from Joseph Roulin, postal worker in Arles and Marseille
to Joseph Ginoux and Marie Ginoux-Julien, managers of the Café de la Gare in Arles (2 to Joseph and ...
from Joseph Ginoux and Marie Ginoux-Julien (1 from Joseph, 1 from Marie)
to Joseph Ginoux and Marie Ginoux-Julien, managers of the Café de la Gare in Arles (2 to Joseph and ...
from Joseph Ginoux and Marie Ginoux-Julien (1 from Joseph, 1 from Marie)
Chronology
in 1888:
... Takes a room in the Café de la Gare run by Joseph and Marie Ginoux, 30 place Lamartine (606). @S...
...m in the Café de la Gare run by Joseph and Marie Ginoux, 30 place Lamartine (606). @Sends 7 drawing...

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78 letters, 8 essay items and 3 other items found

78 letters found

8 essay items found

3 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters