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166 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, on or about Saturday, 30 April or Sunday, 1 May 1881.
in note 17:
...e; crépuscule (Late arrival; dusk) by Hendrik Willem Mesdag (cat. no. 134). This is the watercolour...
in translation:
Then there was a Mesdag that one had to imagine wasn’t there in order to see any of the other drawi...
171 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 26 August 1881
in note 9:
...ing village of Scheveningen was designed by H.W. Mesdag and painted by him and several other artists...
in translation:
Then I saw Mesdag’s panorama with him, that’s a work for which one must have the utmost respect. ...
The 3 drawings by Mesdag in the exhibition possibly had more faults but immediately aroused sympathy,...
175 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, between Wednesday, 12 and Saturday, 15 October 1881.
in note 10:
This is perhaps Mesdag’s drawing Fishing boat and horseman, which Van Gogh had seen in Brussels (se...
in translation:
...ourney, and I’m glad that you’ve seen that Mesdag drawing, among other things. If the drawing by ...
176 To Anthon van Rappard. Etten, Saturday, 15 October 1881.
in translation:
I saw the Mesdag Panorama, I was there with the painter De Bock who collaborated on it, and he told m...
246 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 15 and Sunday, 16 July 1882.
in note 12:
...orks exhibited came from the collections of H.W. Mesdag (15 works), T. Mesdag Kz. (10 works) and F.H...
in translation:
...ecently saw the exhibition of French art (on the Boschkant) from the collections of Mesdag, Post &c.
256 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Sunday, 13 August 1882.
in note 18:
... the large seascape Van Gogh probably means H.W. Mesdag’s Aankomende pinken (Pinks coming in) – ...
in translation:
...re’s also a very beautiful large seascape by Mesdag, and two Swiss things by him that I find rather...
257 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 14 August 1882.
in note 15:
For Mesdag’s drawings, among them Waterfall at Trolhetta (Norway), see letter 256, n. 18.
in translation:
Neuhuys, Du Chattel, Mesdag.
286 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 24 November 1882.
in translation:
It’s easier to say, as Mesdag did of a certain painting by Heyerdahl done in the sentiment of Muril...
293 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Monday, 11 December 1882.
in translation:
...nalities of the artists getting rich, who with Mesdag at their head set the tone, also unmistakable s...
...of talking in this Graphic folder? It’s like Mesdag’s reasoning about the panorama at the time. I...
361 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 11 July 1883.
in translation:
...ut it perfectly in the case of a Jules Dupré (Mesdag's large one): ‘It’s just like a figure pain...
375 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 August 1883.
in note 9:
Mesdag did not begin painting until rather late in life (in 1866); originally he was to be a banker. ...
in translation:
...e work, it will turn out all right later. Take Mesdag, a veritable mastodon or hippopotamus, all the ...
386 To Theo van Gogh. Hoogeveen, on or about Friday, 14 September 1883.
in translation:
...nting by Jules Dupré which I think belongs to Mesdag, with two huts in it on which the mossy roofs s...
409 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 6 December 1883.
in translation:
...he coming men in Holland after those mastodons Mesdag, Israëls, Mauve, Blommers, Maris &c. will, und...
535 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 13 October 1885.
in translation:
...now discussing with nothing but displeasure. A Mesdag, for instance, who was once a terrible realist,...
in note 21:
A reference to Mesdag’s earliest works. See Poort 1989-1995.
544 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Thursday, 26 November 1885.
in translation:
Musée Moderne, the large Mols is Mesdag-like, probably with smears by Vollon in it (Vollon knew him ...
580 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 27 February 1888.
in translation:
...lk about this boldly now, haven’t we — and Mesdag and others have got to stop POKING FUN at the I...
594 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 April 1888.
in note 16:
... High Jura mountains, which Van Gogh knew from Mesdag’s collection (cf. letter 246, n. 13), and The...
699 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 8 October 1888.
in translation:
.... Because in fact, next to Corots, the Mauves, Mesdags, Marises are indeed ponderous. For all that, i...
700 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 9 or Wednesday, 10 October 1888.
in translation:
... difficult for us to do the same as Mauve or Mesdag, who, being able to wait and keep things a litt...
894 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 30 June and Tuesday, 1 July 1890.
in note 9:
... 3,000 francs, after which Tersteeg sold it to Mesdag on 23 June 1890 for 8,064 francs. See RKD, Goup...
in translation:
... V said wasn’t saleable. Tersteeg sold it to Mesdag with 5,000 profit, and Mesdag is so pleased wit...
900 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 14 July 1890.
in note 2:
... previous month of Corot’s Souvenir of Nemi. Mesdag had let it be known that he wanted to buy more ...
in translation:
...Leiden. On Wednesday I’m going from there to Mesdag to talk to him about the Corot, then to Antwerp...

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