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040 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 13 August 1875.
in note 7:
...ral mentions of his name in the letters of Andries Bonger, such as ‘I’d never heard clarity coupl...
060 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 9 December 1875.
in note 1:
...iously injured his foot’, according to Jo van Gogh-Bonger in Brieven 1914, p. 46. On 11 December Th...
163 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Brussels, on or about Wednesday, 16 February 1881.
in note 2:
... him so’ (FR b2235, 14 February 1881). Jo van Gogh-Bonger suggested that this painter was Adriaan J...
168 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, end of June 1881.
in note 1:
...roduction to her edition of the letters, Jo van Gogh-Bonger quoted Van Rappard’s recollections of t...
193 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, on or about Friday, 23 December 1881.
in note 14:
...y mentioned J.A. Stricker to Jo van Gogh-Bonger, in which he writes about ‘...
477 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Tuesday, 30 December 1884.
in note 4:
Jo van Gogh-Bonger noted here in Brieven 1914: ‘The reference is to a painting by the Swedish paint...
486 To Theo van Gogh, c/o Messrs Goupil, 19 boulevard Montmartre, Paris. Telegram, sent from Eindhoven, Friday, 27 March 1885.
in note 1:
...he same day and arrived there on 28 March. Andries Bonger told his father H.C. Bonger about it: ‘Ne...
498 To Anton Kerssemakers. Nuenen, early May 1885.
in note 1:
...is slim volume evidently circulated, since Andries Bonger wrote to his parents not long afterwards: �...
502 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 22 May 1885.
in note 8:
...rred to more than once in the letters from Andries Bonger to his parents, and in the correspondence b...
...ents, and in the correspondence between Theo and Jo. On 9 July 1881, for instance, Andries wrote: ‘...
510 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Sunday, 28 June 1885.
in note 16:
...s planning to come to the Netherlands with Andries Bonger at the end of July and visit Nuenen; he lef...
525 To Cornelis Marinus van Gogh. Nuenen, Thursday, 6 or Friday, 7 August 1885.
in note 1:
...eum, which had opened in July. He stayed with the family of Andries Bonger (FR b889). Cf. also Date.
529 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 19 August 1885.
in note 3:
Theo, whose trip to Nuenen with Andries Bonger had included a visit to Antwerp, must have talked abou...
533 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Sunday, 4 October 1885.
in note 2:
...fter the trip they took together, Theo and Andries Bonger really got a taste for it – in this perio...
535 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 13 October 1885.
in note 1:
...l and pears (F 105 / JH 926) was sold by Jo van Gogh-Bonger in 1905. It is not impossible that The pa...
536 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 20 October 1885.
in note 1:
...have genius. I believe it and several with me, Bonger among them. When his work comes right he will b...
552 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, between Tuesday, 12 and Saturday, 16 January 1886.
in note 10:
...this period. On 21 January 1886 she wrote to Jo Bonger, with whom she had been corresponding since O...
559 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Saturday, 6 February 1886.
in note 5:
...461, n. 2. Theo went to the exhibition withAndries Bonger, who wrote enthusiastically to his parents ...
in note 4:
On 10 May 1884 Andries Bonger wrote to his parents about this ‘jewel of an exhibition’: ‘A smal...
560 To Theo van Gogh. Antwerp, on or about Tuesday, 9 February 1886.
in note 8:
...new what Vincent was talking about. He and Andries Bonger had seen a performance of Socrate et sa fem...
568 Vincent van Gogh and Andries Bonger to Theo van Gogh. Paris, on or about Wednesday, 18 August 1886.
in note 6:
...rst time a year earlier, on 7 August 1885. Andries Bonger was also aware of them, as emerges from The...
... had told his brother about his feelings for Jo Bonger, whom he had met for the first time a year ea...
in note 2:
...s plans to set up his own art gallery with Andries Bonger. He talked to his Uncle Vincent, but his un...
...later, on 26 July 1887, Theo was to write to Jo Bonger about his uncle’s reaction: ‘I had severa...
in note 1:
...s. His letter was addressed to Vincent and Andries Bonger. At that time Andries was living at 80 rue ...
... not particularly large window’, wrote Jo van Gogh-Bonger in her introduction to Brieven 1914, p. x...
in note 17:
...y François Spijker, a colleague and friend of Bonger’s in Paris. He is mentioned repeatedly in the...
...atedly in the correspondence between Andries and Jo, as well as in letters between Jo and Theo (FR b1...
in note 16:
In May 1886 Bonger had become officially engaged to Anne (Annie) Marie Louise van der Linden; he had ...
...tober 1885 (FR b1825). Both Annie and his sister Jo lived in Amsterdam (Jo at her parent’s house). ...
in note 13:
Andries Bonger worked at the offices of the insurance brokers Geo Wehry in Paris.
in translation:
...en discussed – and then there will have to be a second trip to Holland by Bonger and you together.
But you’ll run up against difficulties that Bonger and I have been facing these last few days, and ...
So no accidents please. Now I’ve also told Bonger what I told you, that you’ll have to pass her o...
Bonger is reading Au bonheur des dames and I’ve read Bel-ami by Guy de Maupassant.
Do you know that Bonger and S. are sleeping here, and these are strange days, sometimes we’re very,...
Bonger will certainly add something to this, unless he writes to you today from his office. Regards t...
[Continued by Andries Bonger]Andries Bonger
Bonger
I suspect that you won’t have seen my sister Jo and Annie; I think both of them are out of town. We...
572 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, between about Saturday, 23 and about Monday, 25 July 1887.
in note 1:
...msterdam, on Friday, 22 July 1887 Theo asked Jo Bonger to marry him. She was taken utterly by surpri...
594 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 April 1888.
in note 9:
... which the artist gave Theo, the fan he made for Jo (see letter 830) and a small watercolour. In Augu...
in note 12:
Theo wrote to Jo Bonger on 14 February 1889 about the problems Vincent had encountered when painting ...
600 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 20 April 1888.
in note 3:
...d in Theo’s possession; it was sold by Jo van Gogh-Bonger in 1924 (see Account book 2002, p. 197; n...
603 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
in note 6:
...d Vincent consulted. They knew him through Andries Bonger, who had been a patient of his since March ...
604 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 May 1888.
in note 8:
Bonger had probably criticized French Naturalist literature, with which Tolstoy’s work was often co...
in translation:
...ddressed wrongly, I was actually talking about Bonger. He probably dares say as much, since the Russi...
615 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 May 1888.
in translation:
... attention, a real, big effort on his part, as Bonger in the end gained his friendship and deeper int...
626 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between Saturday, 16 and Wednesday, 20 June 1888.
in note 14:
...o sent Lies a copy on 13 October 1885, and Andries Bonger wrote to his parents about Halévy on 22 De...
632 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Tuesday, 26 June 1888.
in note 22:
Bernard wrote to Andries Bonger about this passage on 31 December 1892: ‘What do you think of this ...
637 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 July 1888.
in note 2:
... appear on the list of works returned to Jo van Gogh-Bonger (Van Gogh Museum, Documentation). In the ...
660 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 13 August 1888.
in note 1:
It can be assumed from the provenance (Jo van Gogh-Bonger) that the following 22 works, painted betwe...
696 To Emile Bernard. Arles, Wednesday, 3 October 1888.
in note 14:
...(F 567 / JH 1419), but their provenance (Jo van Gogh-Bonger) rules out their having been sent to Bern...
698 To Emile Bernard. Arles, on or about Friday, 5 October 1888.
in note 1:
...H 1538) as the painting of a garden that Jo van Gogh-Bonger sold to Cassirer in March 1908, but that ...
705 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 16 October 1888.
in note 1:
... a note on the back, probably written by Jo van Gogh-Bonger: ‘Arles Oct 1888’. The sketch differs...
708 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 19 October 1888.
in note 8:
...kshops also lent books. In 1881 his friend Andries Bonger was librarian to the ‘Hollandsche Club’...
...’ (bibliothèque populaire) (FR 1745). Jo van Gogh-Bonger also used a library in Paris: in July 189...
719 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 11 or Monday, 12 November 1888.
in note 4:
...ook nor the insurance policies issued to Jo van Gogh-Bonger in 1892 and 1893 mention any work by Luce...
in note 1:
...n Gogh wrote on 23 December 1888 to Theo and Jo Bonger about Pink peach trees: ‘Israëls had seen ...
721 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 19 November 1888.
in note 3:
...bably Theo who called it a peach tree; his wife, Jo, wrote to Vincent in May 1889 about ‘that beaut...
728 Vincent van Gogh and Félix Rey to Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 2 January 1889.
in note 1:
... visit him in hospital (see letter 736). Jo van Gogh-Bonger wrote in her introduction to the letters ...
in note 2:
...d of silence, Theo was again in touch with Andries Bonger and his sister Jo, who had refused his prop...
...gain in touch with Andries Bonger and his sister Jo, who had refused his proposal of marriage in 1887...
in translation:
... re-read your letter about the meeting with the Bongers. It’s perfect. As for me, I’m content to...
729 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 4 January 1889.
in note 3:
In the second half of 1887, Theo and Andries Bonger had drifted apart, since the latter wanted nothin...
in translation:
...�ve made peace and even more than that with the Bongers. Say so on my behalf to André, and give him...
731 Theo van Gogh and Jo Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris/Amsterdam, on or about Sunday, 6 January 1889. Printed announcement of engagement.
in translation:
Johanna BongerJohanna Bonger
732 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.
in note 7:
...in the Netherlands to make his engagement to Jo Bonger official. He left on 5 January and returned t...
in translation:
I’m very eager to know how the Bongers are, and if relations with them continue to be good, which I...
...rrespondence or however you can, and tell the Bongers how much I regret having, perhaps unwittingly,...
...or your part, follow up this meeting with the Bongers calmly, I hope that it will continue as a soli...
733 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus and Willemien van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.
in note 2:
...is year, because of his intended marriage to Jo Bonger; evidently Theo had told him that he wanted t...
735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.
in translation:
Warm regards to André Bonger if he’s there too.
...ur kind letter, I received a letter from your fiancée this morning announcing the engagement. So I�...
738 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 19 January 1889.
in note 4:
Jo van Gogh-Bonger had written to Vincent on 15 January. See Brief happiness 1999, p. 90.
in note 3:
Andries Bonger and Anne (Annie) Marie Louise van der Linden had been officially engaged since May 188...
in translation:
You hadn’t told me yet, before now, that André Bonger was married. It can’t be very jolly when h...
...lains about the high cost of running a home. Jo Bonger wrote me a line in response to the fact that ...
740 To Arnold Koning. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 22 January 1889.
in translation:
Did you know that Theo is engaged and will marry an Amsterdam girl quite soon?
741 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 22 January 1889.
in note 8:
...id of him is confirmed by Theo, who wrote to Jo Bonger a short time later, on 14 February 1889: ‘I...
in translation:
But may it go into the hands of your wife, who anyway will join with us to work with the artists.
... of this to you in Paris, especially after your wife will be staying there too. Then it would get the...
And with your wife you’ll cease to be alone, which I’d so wish for our sister Wil too.
... the eye. But I’d advise you to keep them for yourself, for the privacy of your wife and yourself.
743 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889.
in translation:
Now your wife will come, who has a good heart, to make us old fellows feel a bit younger again.
Afterwards, you and your wife will set up a commercial firm for several generations in the renewal. Y...
744 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 30 January 1889.
in translation:
Don’t talk to your fiancée about this matter between us, leave me as I’ve asked you, to work unt...
745 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 3 February 1889.
in note 16:
... cité Pigalle. He moved into the apartment with Jo on 20 April 1889. See Brief happiness 1999, pp. 2...
in translation:
...e done better quite simply to have screwed your wife in advance? Anyway, that’s part of the customs...
...ese two paintings from me, that he gives your fiancée or you two of his paintings, not mediocre ones...
...precisely that you also lunch at home with your wife. By staying in Montmartre you’ll be decorated ...
746 Arnold Koning to Vincent van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 15 February 1889.
in translation:
...rom Theodoor of his forthcoming marriage to Miss Bonger. I’m immensely pleased that the good fello...
747 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 18 February 1889.
in note 9:
Jo stayed from 21 February to 7 March with Mrs van Gogh and Willemien in Breda. See Brief happiness 1...
in translation:
...rm it comes. Our sister wrote to me that your fiancée would come to stay with them for a while. That...
749 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 16 March 1889.
in translation:
...�ll probably have days of happiness with my dear Jo, you will actually have very bad days. She had th...
750 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 19 March 1889.
in note 11:
... 30 March to the Netherlands for his marriage to Jo on 18 April in Amsterdam. Immediately afterwards,...
in translation:
Once again warm regards to your fiancée and to Bonger.
Once again warm regards to your fiancée and to Bonger.
751 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 22 March 1889.
in translation:
...hake your hand heartily in thought, tell your fiancée, Mother and our sister not to worry about me, ...
752 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 24 March 1889.
in translation:
... you to give my warm regards to Mother, Sister and your fiancée, your brother who loves you dearly,
753 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 29 March 1889.
in translation:
To you and your wife on the occasion of your marriage that is the happiness, the serenity I would ask...
754 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Thursday, 4 April 1889.
in note 7:
... & Cie (see letter 749, n. 3). Theo wrote to Jo Bonger on 11 March 1889 that this article was of gre...
in translation:
A few words to wish you and your fiancée much happiness these days. It’s like a nervous tic with m...
It’s late, once again I wish you and Jo much happiness, and handshakes in thought.
758 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, between about Sunday, 14 and about Wednesday, 17 April 1889.
in translation:
...iage matters went off to your liking, wishing you and your wife lots of happiness with all my heart
759 Hendrik Christiaan Bonger, Hermine Louise Bonger-Weissman and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus to Vincent van Gogh, Amsterdam/Breda/Paris, Thursday, 18 April 1889. Printed announcement of marriage.
in translation:
...nnounce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Johanna Bonger, to Mr Theodore van Gogh. Johanna Bonger
...us has the honour to announce the marriage of her son, Mr Theodore van Gogh, to Miss Johanna Bonger.
760 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 21 April 1889.
in note 1:
Theo and Jo arrived in Paris on Saturday, 20 April; see letter 762.
in translation:
...��ll probably be back in Paris when this letter arrives. I wish you and your wife lots of happiness.
... you will still have your kindness. Only transfer this affection onto your wife as much as possible.
761 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Wednesday, 24 April 1889.
in note 2:
...20 April Theo had been living with his wife, Jo Bonger, at 8 cité Pigalle. See Brief happiness 1999...
762 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 24 April 1889.
in translation:
...-in aspect, thanks to all sorts of inventions on Jo’s part. We get along very well together, so tha...
...arriage pleased her very much, above all because Jo and herself and Wil get on perfectly, moreover sh...
763 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 28 April 1889.
in translation:
I much regret for you, as well as for your wife, that you’re not living in Ville-d’Avray, for exa...
764 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between about Sunday, 28 April and Thursday, 2 May 1889.
in note 17:
...oth of 24 January 1889. The letter from Theo and Jo of 26 April 1889 is also addressed to both sister...
766 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 2 May 1889.
in translation:
Best wishes from my wife, who is well. She’s becoming really accustomed to the house. Good handshak...
767 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 2 May 1889.
in translation:
I give you a hearty handshake, you and your wife.
768 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 3 May 1889.
in translation:
...s think again about that while going to St-Rémy. I shake your hand heartily, and your wife’s too.
770 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 1889.
in note 5:
... See exhib. cat. Paris 1889-2, p. 169, no. 2231. Jo had gone with Theo to see the exhibition, which s...
771 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 8 May 1889.
in note 5:
...ncent must have been shifted around continually. Jo wrote about this on 25 May 1889 to her sister Mie...
in note 4:
... above the piano. The piano was Aunt Cornelie’s wedding present to Theo and Jo (FR b923 and b940).
in note 2:
Theo and Jo’s apartment was at 8 cité Pigalle in Montmartre. See letter 745, n. 16.
in note 9:
Andries Bonger was married to Annie van der Linden. See letter 738, n. 3.
in translation:
...t I don’t know whether you know him) and my brother — who’s been coming to eat with us for som...
It’s high time that your new little sister came to chat with you and didn’t always just let Theo ...
...n simply wouldn’t understand that I was Madame van Gogh and kept calling me Mademoiselle, it’s r...
Jo
772 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 9 May 1889.
in note 6:
Jo’s letter was letter 771.
in note 1:
Theo’s letter was letter 770. On 11 May, Jo wrote the following to her sister Mien about the presen...
in note 10:
On 25 May 1889 Jo wrote to her sister Mien: ‘If only I could always make Theo happy then all is wel...
in translation:
...�� I’ll try to answer the letter from my new sister, which greatly touched me, but I don’t know i...
My dear sister,
774 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 21 May 1889.
in note 1:
Vincent had written to both Theo and Jo in letter 772.
in translation:
Thank you very much for your letter, Jo was also very pleased with the one you wrote to her. We were ...
Warm regards from Jo.
776 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 23 May 1889.
in note 4:
...vealed by his letter of 29 March 1894 to Jo van Gogh-Bonger (GAC 43). See Gauguin lettres 1983, p. 33...
in translation:
Thanking you for your kind letter, I shake your hand warmly, as well as your wife’s.
777 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, between about Friday, 31 May and about Thursday, 6 June 1889.
in translation:
I hope that you’re well and your wife too, and that you’ll enjoy a little of the good weather. At...
779 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 9 June 1889.
in translation:
...n told me he’d received a letter from you. I hope that you’re in good health, and your wife too.
With a really strong handshake to you and your wife.
780 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 16 June 1889.
in note 6:
...vented him from writing. On 7 June 1889, Jo van Gogh-Bonger had written to Mrs van Gogh: ‘Theo has ...
in translation:
...r me to know that he no longer lives alone. His wife wrote me a very nice letter a while ago, which p...
781 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 16 June 1889.
in note 9:
...w them Vincent’s work. On 27 June 1889 Jo van Gogh-Bonger wrote to her family in Amsterdam: ‘this...
in translation:
...t it was as beautiful as one of the great Spaniards. Good health and good handshake from Jo and from
782 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 18 June 1889.
in translation:
Handshakes to you, to Jo and to our friends.
783 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 25 June 1889.
in translation:
What’s Andries Bonger doing, you don’t mention him in your last two or three letters.
Is your health good? Handshake to you and your wife, I hope to send you new drawings next week.
784 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in note 1:
...�, as she said in a letter she wrote to Theo and Jo on 29 April 1889: ‘I hope he received it and am...
in translation:
...ratulate you that your marriage can give you and Jo the rather rare pleasure of seeing your mother gr...
...is cannot be disagreeable to yourselves, you and Jo. But the separation from Cor will be so hard for ...
785 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 2 July 1889.
in note 8:
...uction had attracted a lot of attention. Jo van Gogh-Bonger wrote about it to her family in Amsterdam...
in translation:
...life will completely restore him. I believe his wife to be wise and loving enough to take lots of car...
786 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 5 July 1889.
in note 8:
On 11 July, Jo wrote to her sister Mien: ‘Theo has not been well all along – he coughs and looks ...
in note 6:
On 27 June 1889, Jo wrote to her family that De Haan had come from Pont-Aven to attend a family reuni...
in note 1:
On 31 January 1890 Jo gave birth to a boy, who was named after his godfather: Vincent Willem. On 27 J...
in note 12:
The Dutch performances that Jo probably saw were produced by the Koninklijke Vereeniging het Nederlan...
in note 11:
On 17 July 1883 Jo wrote in her diary about her ‘delight at seeing the Merchant of Venice acted. Ho...
...own. 7th ed. London 1959, p. 111. The production Jo saw took place in London’s Lyceum Theatre and w...
in translation:
Jo
787 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 6 July 1889.
in note 2:
.... See letter 653. Van Gogh responds here to what Jo wrote in her letter about the portrait of Marcell...
in note a:
Van Gogh’s choice of words is an allusion to Jo’s ‘grossesse’ (pregnancy).
in translation:
Dear brother and sister.
Jo’s letter tells me a very great piece of news this morning, I congratulate you on it, and am very...
...to what you say about Theo’s health, my dear sister, while sharing your anxieties with all my heart...
What Jo writes about you always eating at home, that’s perfect. Anyway, I think that’s going very...
788 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, between about Monday, 8 July and about Friday, 12 July 1889.
in note 1:
...89, Mrs van Gogh wrote the following to Theo and Jo about the present letter: ‘And now I must tell ...
in translation:
I’ve had good reports from Theo and Jo; meanwhile it surprises me less than anyone that he’s coug...
... in your place I would see to it that I got his wife and him to come and visit you twice a year inste...
789 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 14 or Monday, 15 July 1889.
in translation:
Handshake to you and Jo.
790 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 14 or Monday, 15 July 1889.
in translation:
...o be promoted uncle of this boy planned by your wife. I find it quite funny that she’s so convinced...
...all of what we imagine. Thus while sharing your wife’s concerns about your health I’m not going s...
792 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 16 July 1889.
in note 11:
...lowers that hung above the fireplace at Theo and Jo’s (and later on, in Jo’s house), was probably...
in translation:
Andries Bonger would very much like to have a child, but it doesn’t come. His wife has a very diffi...
...orgot to say that De Haan has been here, he sent Jo a monster bouquet of poppies of all colours, neve...
You can imagine how the news that Jo is pregnant excited her parents. Her father and mother are going...
...alles you may need something. Warm regards, from Jo as well, and thank you very much again for your k...
in note 23:
Andries and Annie lived at 127 rue du Ranelagh in Passy, on the west side of Paris.
in note 22:
Andries Bonger was married to Annie van der Linden. Jo and the rest of the Bonger family did not get ...
...ries Bonger was married to Annie van der Linden. Jo and the rest of the Bonger family did not get alo...
793 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 29 July 1889.
in translation:
...e moment, her mother with us and her father at André’s. It’s a good distraction, especially for ...
...�’s. It’s a good distraction, especially for Jo, and it forces her to move about, which appears t...
...� tell me something of how things are going, don’t work too hard. Good handshake, from Jo as well.
794 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 4 August 1889.
in note 1:
...ent Theo a telegram about Vincent, which Jo van Gogh-Bonger wrote about to her sister Mien on 9 Augus...
in translation:
...ose heart, and remember that I need you so much. Jo sends her best wishes for your recovery. I hope t...
795 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 16 August 1889.
in note 2:
Jo wrote in more detail to Willemien about Cor’s visit: ‘It was so very nice to have him here, an...
in note 1:
...ture Cor spent ‘nearly a week’ with Theo and Jo in Paris, arriving there on 15 August 1889 (FR b4...
in translation:
Jo
796 Joseph Roulin to Vincent van Gogh. Marseille, Monday, 19 August 1889.
in translation:
...rs to be such a good man that if he has taken a wife like himself, they must be happy. Offer him my f...
797 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 22 August 1889.
in note 7:
...the consignment in letter 793. On 23 August 1889 Jo wrote to Willemien: ‘How can it be, Wil, that o...
in note 12:
Cor had been staying with Theo and Jo in Paris (see letter 795).
in translation:
I thank Jo very much for writing to me, and knowing that you wish me to write you a line I’m lettin...
...or all your kindnesses, good handshake to you and to Jo, and naturally to Cor if he’s still there.
798 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 2 September 1889.
in translation:
Good handshake to you and to Jo.
799 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 5 September 1889.
in translation:
...�m hardly coughing any more and I feel sturdier. Jo is well too, one begins to see that she’s pregn...
in note 20:
...ed in Paris at the end of August and would stay with Theo and Jo until 23 October (FR b4293, b2848).
801 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 10 September 1889.
in translation:
...ggeration. I can’t help thinking of good André Bonger, who himself let out loud shouts when anyon...
...t’s why I make an effort at escape through the present letter, with many handshakes to you and Jo.
...rtunately, you can write that you’re well, and Jo too, and that her sister is with you. I’d very ...
802 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 18 September 1889.
in translation:
Jo is well, she’s almost halfway through her pregnancy. Up to now it’s going well, she is big, wh...
Warm regards from Jo and good handshake, and
803 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.
in translation:
... times. And so I really hanker for Theo and his wife, whom I haven’t even seen yet, and am interest...
804 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 19 September 1889.
in note 7:
... here; on 19 October 1889, she wrote to Jo van Gogh-Bonger that she had enjoyed it very much (FR b24...
805 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 20 September 1889.
in translation:
It gives me great pleasure that Jo is well, and I think you’ll feel much more in your element think...
Give my warm regards to Jo, and handshake, more soon.
806 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 28 September 1889.
in translation:
Give my warm regards to Jo, look after yourself, and write soon please.
807 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 4 October 1889.
in translation:
We have good news of Mother and of Wil. Jo is well too, and sends warm regards. Good handshake.
808 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 5 October 1889.
in translation:
... happy to receive it, and to see from it that you’re well, as are Jo and the friends you speak of.
Kind regards to Jo and to our friends, above all when you get the chance thank père Pissarro for his...
810 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 8 October 1889.
in translation:
Does Jo continue in good health? I think that all in all this year is happier for you than the preced...
Kind regards to Jo.
811 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 21 October 1889.
in note 8:
...am. A letter written by Mrs van Gogh to Theo and Jo at the beginning of September 1889 reveals that A...
in note 2:
...llemien van Gogh’s letter of 3 April 1890 to Dries and Annie Bonger that he had meanwhile abandone...
...vember 1889, he wrote from Amsterdam to Theo and Jo that he was planning to leave in three or four we...
in translation:
... before, and just hope everything goes well with Jo’s confinement, then they’ll be set up for qui...
813 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 22 October 1889.
in translation:
... spring, if not sooner, you’ll come to see us. Jo is well, she’s getting considerably bigger and ...
815 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 25 October 1889.
in note 3:
...n a copy of the magazine, as emerges from her letter of 13 September 1889 to Theo and Jo (FR b2931).
in translation:
...lly in the midst of nature, since you write that Jo already feels her child quicken – it’s much m...
... you, to Isaäcson, my best regards above all to Jo. I’m going to work some more on The diggers, th...
816 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Sunday, 3 November 1889.
in translation:
I’d very much like Jo to see The evening, I think that I’ll send you a consignment shortly, but i...
I hope that your health and Jo’s continue to be good.
More soon, I shake your hand firmly, and Jo’s, and our friends’, and believe me
819 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 16 November 1889.
in translation:
...re, don’t you need something warm? Fortunately Jo is well and sends her warm regards. Winter’s al...
820 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Tuesday, 19 November 1889.
in translation:
...our letter, and am very glad that you write that Jo is staying well. The great event is nearing now, ...
Now, warm regards to Jo, and good handshake.
823 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 26 November 1889.
in note 11:
...t and Theo felt that he had let his family down. Jo wrote to her sister Mien: ‘Make sure nobody wri...
in translation:
Warm regards to Jo, she’s very good, continuing to be well. Thank you once again for the colours an...
824 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 7 December 1889.
in note 8:
...to the possession of Mrs van Gogh and Willemien; Jo sold it to Cassirer in 1910. See Account book 200...
in note 4:
...to the possession of Mrs van Gogh and Willemien; Jo sold it to Cassirer in 1902. See Account book 200...
in translation:
I often think of you and Jo, but with a feeling as if there was an enormous distance from here to Par...
...f I want to send this letter off today I must hurry, so handshake in thought and warm regards to Jo.
825 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 8 December 1889.
in translation:
Jo sends her warm regards, we’ve received a whole consignment of little things for the baby from Am...
826 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in note 2:
...van Gogh described her new apartment to Theo and Jo as follows: ‘Wil actually has a nice little roo...
in translation:
Your thoughts will be much with Theo and Jo; I think it’s a very good plan for Wil to go and lend a...
827 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 9 or Tuesday, 10 December 1889.
in translation:
...t I find very unfortunate is that you write that Jo says that Theo’s still coughing the whole time ...
...eived a very kind letter from Theo, he says that Jo and he are well, and he also says that you’ll p...
829 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 19 December 1889.
in note 12:
...ved the work, because it is assumed that Jo van Gogh-Bonger sold it in 1895. See Account book 2002, p...
in translation:
...r your last letter, I’m very glad that you and Jo are in good health, and very often think of you b...
... canvases, of which the first, the Wheatfield, has just left. More soon, I hope, warm regards to Jo.
830 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 22 December 1889.
in note 15:
...Ill. 312. The fan was a present from Pissarro to Jo. See Correspondance Pissarro 1980-1991, vol. 2, p...
in translation:
...orks like a negro. He made a very pretty fan for Jo. Women chatting in the fields with a rainbow in t...
..., for there’s no time to lose for the framing. Jo sends her warm regards, she’s very well, relati...
in note 22:
Andries wrote several days later to his parents: ‘Later Net [Jo] and Theo are coming to have lunch ...
...several days later to his parents: ‘Later Net [Jo] and Theo are coming to have lunch with us. Net s...
831 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 23 December 1889.
in translation:
...ankful now at present that Theo finally found a wife and is waiting for his baby. Anyway, Theo had mo...
How much you must be thinking about Theo and Jo and the forthcoming event; I hope with all my heart t...
833 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 31 December 1889 or Wednesday, 1 January 1890.
in note 2:
...ng from about 24 December to about 30 December); Jo wrote: ‘perhaps the thought of last year made h...
in translation:
...containing a 50-franc note; first I wish you and Jo a happy New Year and am sorry for having perhaps ...
...rfect that our sister is coming to help you when Jo has her confinement. May it go well – I think a...
... next few days you’ll have many anxieties with Jo at times, and a bad time to get through. But thes...
...time for this letter to go off, thanks again for yours, and good handshake to you and Jo, believe me
834 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Friday, 3 January 1890.
in translation:
I hope that Jo’s health and yours are good, and that you no longer have any anxiety on my account.
... to me if you can soon after receiving the canvases. Good handshake in thought to you and your wife.
835 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 3 January 1890.
in note 5:
... 9 February 1890, Willemien stayed with Theo and Jo in order to help out during the last weeks of Jo�...
in translation:
...at the illness won’t return. Warm regards from Jo and from Wil. Be of good heart, and look after yo...
836 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 4 January 1890.
in translation:
... our sister has come. Warm regards to her and to Jo, and as for you and me, let’s not worry ourselv...
837 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 4 January 1890.
in translation:
...ery pleased that you’re in Paris with Theo and Jo. And no need to tell you that I think of all of y...
... off. I’m very glad that you’re there, and I hope that the great event will pass happily for Jo.
838 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 8 January 1890.
in note 6:
... asylum (F 1531 / JH 1705). According to Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Theo was extremely fond of this drawing ...
in translation:
...e’ll be happy to have you with us for a while. Jo’s confinement should take place between 1 and 1...
Be of good heart, and warm regards from Jo and from Wil, good handshake, and thank you very much for ...
841 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Monday, 20 January 1890.
in translation:
...ain from sharing. And from what he writes to me, Jo is so brave and so lively. Anyway, that is moreov...
843 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 22 January 1890.
in note 4:
...t such beautiful paintings – magnificent – Dries came to look at them briefly Sunday morning. At...
Jo wrote to her mother about Lauzet’s visits: ‘Vincent is also better and has sent such beautiful...
in translation:
...see our friends again and to see our little one. Jo is fortunately very well, we’re approaching the...
845 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 29 January 1890.
in note 2:
...49, n. 3), possibly with the present letter from Jo (since she writes that he had brought the article...
...y (FR b1061). Theo also sent the article to Mrs van Gogh (see letter 850, n. 2), his sister Lies and ...
in translation:
Jo
846 To Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Friday, 31 January 1890.
in translation:
Dear Jo,
...ll, I’ll be glad when I can congratulate Theo and you, and will hope that it’s already the case.
847 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 31 January 1890.
in note 2:
On 31 January 1890 Jo gave birth to a son, who was named Vincent Willem, after his godfather.
in translation:
...ppiness, for my dear brother, the bad moment for Jo is over. She has brought into the world a fine bo...
... lustily. How happy I’d be if in a while, when Jo’s well again, you’ll be able to come and see ...
848 Theo and Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 31 January 1890. Printed announcement of birth.
in note 1:
These names had been chosen months before. Jo had already written about the name Vincent at the end o...
849 To John Peter Russell. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
in translation:
... that any day now he’s expecting his first-born? May it go well – he has a very nice Dutch wife.
850 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Saturday, 1 February 1890.
in translation:
...st, that the most critical moment has passed for Jo, finally that the little one is well. It does me,...
852 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 9 February 1890.
in translation:
Things are going well at home with us, Jo is nursing the baby and has no lack of milk, and the little...
Warm regards from Jo, be of good heart, and thank you again for your kind letter. Handshake.
854 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890.
in translation:
...r when your letter arrived. Am very pleased that Jo and the newborn are well and that she expects to ...
...ng here, I wouldn’t have any lack of work then. Warm regards to Jo, and good handshake in thought.
855 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in translation:
... imagine that your thoughts, like mine, are with Jo and Theo. How glad I was when the news came that ...
856 To Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 19 February 1890.
in translation:
What you write further about Jo’s confinement touches me, yes you were very brave and very kind to ...
857 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 17 March 1890.
in translation:
... lift within a few days from now. Above all I hope that you’re well, and your wife and your child.
...st try to be patient. Once again warm regards to Jo and to her little one, and handshake in thought.
858 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 19 March 1890.
in note 5:
...nge the painting with Gauguin, or perhaps he (or Jo) gave it to him, because in 1905 the painting was...
in translation:
...ivate viewing when Carnot came. I was there with Jo. Your paintings are well placed and look very wel...
... Paris when you’ve recovered from this crisis. Jo sends you her warm regards, and joins with me in ...
860 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 29 March 1890.
in note 5:
...rinity is on the square d’Estienne d’Orves, near Theo and Jo’s apartment in the cité Pigalle.
in translation:
...inning to be really springlike. This afternoon Jo and the child were in the little square in front ...
Jo and the child are doing well. From time to time there is of course something amiss, but nothing se...
861 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 29 March 1890.
in translation:
He doesn’t leave his mother much free time at all, but I did escape briefly for the opening of the ...
Jo
862 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Wednesday, 23 April 1890.
in note 4:
In the end, Theo and Jo did not spend Whit Sunday – 25 May – at the Pissarro’s in Eragny, becau...
in note 3:
Theo and Jo had married on 18 April 1889.
in note 1:
Two days before, Jo had written about Theo to her sister Mien: ‘he has been to see Gruby and has ye...
in translation:
...g, and I need to tell you, my dear brother, that Jo and I are also suffering, knowing that you’re s...
... feel much, much happier. It’s true that my wife isn’t just anyone, and that I was enormously l...
...r speedy recovery. Be of good heart, and good handshake from Jo and from your brother who loves you.
863 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 29 April 1890.
in note 8:
...d the correspondence between Gauguin and Jo van Gogh-Bonger from March-May 1894. See Gauguin lettres ...
in translation:
...want to delay wishing a happy year to you, your wife and your child, since it’s your birthday. At t...
Then good handshake to you and Jo. Believe me
864 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus and Willemien van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 29 April 1890.
in note 1:
...hday. On 23 March Mrs van Gogh wrote to Theo and Jo: ‘We wrote to him about ten days ago. And now I...
865 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 1 May 1890.
in translation:
... desire that I have to see you again, you, your wife and your child, and so many friends who ...
...ing that I have to leave him. Good handshake to you and to Jo, I thank her very much for her letter.
866 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Friday, 2 May 1890.
in translation:
Warm regards to your wife, I’m very much looking forward to making her acquaintance at last, and go...
867 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 3 May 1890.
in note 12:
Theo must have sent the photograph of Jo and little Vincent by Raoul Saisset (Amsterdam, Van Gogh Mus...
in translation:
...ter, or rather your two letters; I was saying to Jo the day before my birthday that if a letter came ...
...l and I have everything I need. Warm regards from Jo and the little one. Enclosed is their portrait.
868 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 4 May 1890.
in translation:
...nks for your kind letter and for the portrait of Jo, which is very pretty and is very successful as a...
Good handshake to you and to Jo, I think I’m going to do a painting for myself after the subject of...
869 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 10 May 1890.
in translation:
...ready, don’t forget to telegraph me. Warm regards from Jo and the little one, they’re both well.
870 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Sunday, 11 May 1890.
in translation:
How much I want to see you again, and meet Jo and the baby.
Warm regards to Jo, and good handshake in thought.
872 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 13 May 1890.
in note 1:
...for three days, he travelled to Auvers. He saw Bonger on 18 May; see letter 879, n. 16. Jo van Gogh-B...
..., 17 May (FR b2012). After staying with Theo and Jo for three days, he travelled to Auvers. He saw Bo...
in translation:
... have off, quietly with all of you. I really hope to see André Bonger too at the first opportunity.
Anyway until Sunday AT THE LATEST, I shake your hand firmly in the meantime, warm regards to Jo.
873 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, Tuesday, 20 May 1890.
in note 7:
Theo and Jo lived at 8 cité Pigalle. Their old apartment was at 54 rue Lepic.
in translation:
My dear Theo and dear Jo
After making Jo’s acquaintance it will be difficult for me from now on to write to Theo alone, but ...
How pleased I am to have seen Jo and the little one and your apartment, which is indeed better than t...
874 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Wednesday, 21 May 1890.
in translation:
My dear Theo and Jo,
...te convinced that that’s your opinion and also Jo’s. I can do nothing about my illness – I’m ...
RM19 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Wednesday, 21 May 1890.
in translation:
...a great joy for me to see Theo again and to meet Jo and the little one. Jo made an excellent impressi...
RM20 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, Saturday, 24 May 1890.
in translation:
My dear Theo and dear Jo.
...its accomplis – my word – I think that Theo, Jo and the little one are a little on edge and worn ...
...hild suffer later to be brought up in town. Does Jo consider that an exaggeration? I hope so, but any...
...that we’re all thinking of the little one, and Jo must just say what she wants, I dare believe that...
875 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, Sunday, 25 May 1890.
in note 1:
...ke other letters Vincent received from Theo (and Jo) in this period, this letter has not been preserv...
in translation:
My dear Theo, my dear Jo,
... of bringing them up here. How I would like you, Jo and the little one to have a rest in the country ...
...emperaments. So be sensible about it, especially Jo too, as she has her child to feed. Truly, the amo...
876 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 2 June 1890.
in translation:
...ceptive to your proposal that I should come with Jo and the little one, for I feel quite emptied, and...
...preoccupations is the smile of a child. Good handshake, and warm regards from Jo and the little one.
878 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in note 6:
Andries Bonger had written to his parents on 4 May 1890: ‘Theo has gone to see the homœopath Love ...
in translation:
...ut the pleasure of seeing Theo again and meeting Jo, who seems to me sensible and warm-hearted and un...
879 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in note 16:
Andries Bonger had met Vincent on the evening of Sunday, 18 May. He wrote about it on 21 May 1890 to ...
in translation:
I was also pleased to seeAndré Bonger again; he looked strong and calm, and my word reasoned with gr...
...reat happiness for me to see Theo again, to meet Jo and the little one. Theo was coughing more than w...
880 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 5 June 1890.
in translation:
... do it, but all the same it isn’t possible for Jo to promise it outright. We went to St-Cloud on Wh...
...bye. I’ll come in any case at the stated time. Jo sends her warm regards, and a smile from the litt...
881 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers, Tuesday, 10 June 1890.
in translation:
Dear brother and sister,
885 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Auvers, Friday, 13 June 1890.
in note 4:
Theo and Jo were planning to go to the Netherlands in July.
in translation:
Theo, his wife and his child were here on Sunday and we lunched at Dr Gachet’s. Then my little name...
886 To Willemien van Gogh. Auvers, Friday, 13 June 1890.
in translation:
...r. Last Sunday I had a visit from Theo and his family, I find it most agreeable to be less far away f...
888 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Sunday, 15 June 1890.
in translation:
I give you Jo’s regards, I must finish in haste, otherwise the letter won’t go off today. She’s...
889 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Tuesday, 17 June 1890.
in translation:
...hanks again, and good handshake to you and your wife, and good health to the little one, whom I’m r...
890 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 23 June 1890.
in translation:
...ng 50 francs for you with this letter. Last week Jo had to stay in bed all the time, but fortunately ...
891 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Tuesday, 24 June 1890.
in translation:
I hope that Jo’s health is better, since you say that she’s been indisposed. Indeed, you must com...
Good fortune with the little one, and good handshake in thought for you and Jo.
893 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur Oise, Saturday, 28 June 1890.
in translation:
Good handshake in thought to you and Jo, and good fortune with the little one.
894 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 30 June and Tuesday, 1 July 1890.
in note 2:
Ass’s milk was rather expensive: Theo and Jo’s normal milk bill (21 June) had been 13.80 francs, ...
in translation:
...ely the doctor, who was anxious himself, said to Jo yesterday, you won’t lose the child from this. ...
...agine how happy we are that it’s going better. Jo has been admirable, as you can well imagine. A tr...
... day and still don’t manage to spare this good Jo from worries about money, since those rats Bousso...
...nclusion, that it’s my duty, and that if Ma or Jo or you or I tighten our belts a little, it won’...
...self can glimpse my path thanks to my cherished wife. As for you, calm yourself and rein back your ho...
...ple are good sorts after all. Listen, soon, when Jo is a bit stronger and the little one recovered, ...
...ake your hand firmly, and am pleased that the little one and his mummy are sleeping peacefully, your
896 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, Wednesday, 2 July 1890.
in translation:
My dear Theo and dear Jo.
...stle of the other children of a village. Surely, Jo too, who shares our anxieties and risks, I think ...
...ly hardly sleeping. I’d willingly believe that Jo would have twice as much milk here, and that then...
I shake your hand and Jo’s firmly in thought, and kiss the little one.
897 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 5 July 1890.
in note 2:
... on 14 July, in the company of Vincent and Andries Bonger. This visit did not take place (Photocopy o...
in note 1:
Andries Bonger wrote to his parents the day before: ‘Little Vincent is infinitely better. Net [Jo] ...
...re: ‘Little Vincent is infinitely better. Net [Jo] doesn’t want to believe it, but we are sure it...
in translation:
...dvice on the arrangement of our new apartment. Dries and Annie will probably come to the ground floo...
...nting on seeing you on Sunday. Warm regards from Jo, and the little one is smiling at you like before...
RM24 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, Monday, 7 July 1890.
in note 2:
Vincent had visited Theo and Jo in Paris on Sunday, 6 July. See letter 898, n. 3.
in translation:
Dear brother and sister,
898 To Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, on or about Thursday, 10 July 1890.
in note 6:
Theo, Jo and little Vincent left on 15 July for Leiden. Jo then travelled on to Amsterdam to stay wit...
in note 3:
Vincent had visited Theo and Jo in Paris on Sunday, 6 July (see letter 897). Jo wrote in the introduc...
in note 1:
This letter from Jo van Gogh-Bonger is not known.
in translation:
Dear brother and sister,
Jo’s letter was really like a gospel for me, a deliverance from anguish which I was caused by the r...
... a danger to you, living at your expense – but Jo’s letter clearly proves to me that you really...
899 To Anna van Gogh-Carbentus and Willemien van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, between about Thursday, 10 and Monday, 14 July 1890.
in translation:
...at you’ll have really happy days with Theo and Jo and, like me, you’ll see how well they look aft...
900 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 14 July 1890.
in note 6:
Andries Bonger was also at Theo and Jo’s when Vincent visited them on Sunday, 6 July. ‘It’s the...
in translation:
...ards what they’re thinking of doing with me. Dries, on the contrary, has proved very cowardly, and...
...robably be back in a week’s time. Warm regards from Jo, and believe me your brother who loves you.
901 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 22 July 1890.
in note 3:
Andries had withdrawn his offer to be Theo’s business associate. See letter 900, n. 6.
in note 1:
...ve my own ends in the matters I discussed with Dries. That’s the only explanation I can think of, ...
On 20 July 1890, Theo wrote to Jo about Vincent’s letter, which is not known, but which must have b...
in translation:
...arrels you speak of. Is it the discussion with Dries? Certainly I’d wanted to see him a little bol...
From Holland Jo sent me your letter, which had followed us, and I read it with some surprise. Where d...
Last Tuesday I took Jo and the child to Leiden and stayed there until Thursday. Mother has indeed age...
902 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Wednesday, 23 July 1890.
in note 5:
This refers to Jo and Annie (Andries’s wife).
in note 4:
...n speaking French instead of Dutch, and this idea must have met with resistance from Jo and Andries.
During his visit to Theo and Jo (see letter 898), Vincent had apparently insisted on speaking French ...
in note 2:
...r with each other. He wasn’t even aware that Dries had refused to enter into a joint venture. His ...
On 25 July 1890, Theo wrote to Jo about this letter: ‘There was a letter from Vincent which again I...
in translation:
...t, don’t we feel it a little more than those ladies? So much the better for them – but anyway, ta...
...n. Look after yourself, and good luck in business &c. Warm regards to Jo, and handshakes in thought.
RM25 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Wednesday, 23 July 1890.
in translation:
...apartment is hard labour, as much for you as for Jo. Since that’s going well, which is the main thi...

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Correspondents / Family members
in correspondents_2:
...s that the opposite was the case. His letters to Jo, in particular, are very revealing about his stro...
Letter from Theo van Gogh to Jo Bonger, 1 January 1889 (FR b2022). See Brief happiness, pp. 76-77.
..., although that is not certain. His remark about Jo could be a reaction to what Theo had written, or ...
Letter from Cor van Gogh to Theo and Jo van Gogh, 8 October 1890 (FR b837).
...ted letter’ when Cor was staying with Theo and Jo in Paris prior to leaving for South Africa.See le...
See letter 795, and FR b944, a letter from Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Willemien van Gogh, 23 August 1889.
See the memoir by Jo van Gogh-Bonger in The complete letters 1958, pp. xxiv-xxv, and Bailey 1992, pp....
...e the letter from Lies van Gogh to Theo and Jo van Gogh, 29 June 1890 (FR b2413). The letter in ques...
Publication history / Introduction
in publications_1:
...Gogh. Brieven aan zijn broeder edited by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, since brief quotations from them had app...
Publication history / De brieven 1990: a large edition for a small readership
in publications_6:
...ter his death, the various activities of Jo van Gogh-Bonger, avant-garde artists and admirers, art de...
... card announcing the birth of Vincent Willem van Gogh from Theo and Jo van Gogh-Bonger (letter 848);
Publication history / A flood of supplementary publications
in publications_4:
...sne-Van Gogh 1913. Following the lead of Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s biographical introduction, the first ...
Jo van Gogh-Bonger died in 1925. It gave her great satisfaction to know that her edition of the lette...
...ever, did differ from the first edition: Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s introduction was followed by a second...
...English edition of Van Gogh’s letters. Jo van Gogh-Bonger had previously made a number of attempts ...
...tion. and they included the letters that Jo van Gogh-Bonger, Theo’s young wife, wrote to her brothe...
Correspondents / Preservation of the letters
in correspondents_4:
...urvived. He kept huge piles of letters, from Jo Bonger, first his fiancée and then his wife,See Bri...
...incent decided to keep the letters from Theo and Jo, for they have survived almost in their entirety ...
...uly 1890 Toulouse-Lautrec dropped by to see him. Jo recalled that the pair of them ‘had the biggest...
See Jo’s memoir in The complete letters, p. LII.
Biographical & historical context / The financial backgrounds
in context_3:
...thumus 1943-1964. In 1882, Theo’s friend Andries Bonger earned 225 francs a month working in an off...
...225, 4 January 1876). Later money also had to be spent on his wife Jo and the infant Vincent Willem.
Biographical & historical context / The immediate family circle
in context_4:
...ce is to family members – not only to Theo and Jo, but also to his parents and to Willemien, the si...
...ranch in Paris, and in April 1889 he married Jo Bonger (1862–1925), in Amsterdam. The couple had m...
...Paris, where she returned in 1890 to visit Theo, Jo and their newborn son. Willemien worked briefly a...
Publication history / The early publications of the letters
in publications_2:
...o the attention of the public. Jo’s brother Andries was also involved in the early years, but his ...
...cure publication. A passage in a letter to Andries Bonger of 31 December 1892 gives us an insight int...
...f the Mercure de France, asked Jo’s brother Andries, who was still living in Paris at the time, to...
...letters from the Saint-Rémy period for a while. Jo did the same shortly afterwards and did not get t...
...just six months after his older brother. Jo van Gogh-Bonger was left a widow at twenty-nine with a sm...
1914: Jo van Gogh-Bonger published Vincent van Gogh. Brieven aan zijn broeder
Jo van Gogh-Bonger had opened her guest house in Bussum, a village in the attractive surroundings of ...
... English translation in Stein 1986, pp. 241-246. Jo’s relations with Jan Veth were problematic beca...
...ngt in Brussels in 1890. He was to visit Jo van Gogh-Bonger at home in May 1894.See Fred Leeman, ‘V...
After Jo van Gogh-Bonger went back to the Netherlands,In 1901 she married the artist Johan Cohen Goss...
... time after Theo’s death, and he urged Jo van Gogh-Bonger to leave it in France because he believed...
...e, the publisher of the Mercure de France, asked Jo’s brother Andries, who was still living in Pari...
...rawings and paintings, most of them from Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s collection. The introduction to the c...
Publication history / The first standard editions
in publications_3:
...unced by Johan de Meester, who turned to Jo van Gogh-Bonger for his information.See De Meester 1911, ...
...1914 Brieven aan zijn broeder, edited by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, thus clearly fell into the most fertile ...
On Jo’s contact with art dealers and exhibition organizers, see: Feilchenfeldt 1988, Account book 2...
...Gogh’s life and work, we now know that Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s introduction suffers from a considera...
...t an annotated work), but in some places Jo van Gogh-Bonger felt compelled to add a footnote, usually...
...g into print, but pure text editing too. Jo van Gogh-Bonger took full advantage of this ‘editorial ...
...s van Gogh was still alive: She wrote to Jo van Gogh-Bonger: ‘Will Vincent’s letters be in De Tel...
FR b2153, letter from Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Paul Gachet Jr, 27 February 1912. She, incidentally, saw ...
Given Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s ties to the Van Gogh family, such interventions are understandable (whic...
...a broad cross-section of the population. Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s choice of this publishing house was u...
Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s surviving correspondence with the publishers reveals that 2,100 copies were pr...
...4. Sales figures, contract, payments and Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s correspondence with De Wereldbiblioth...
Jo had agreed with Cassirer that the German edition should be published by 1 November 1912 at the lat...
Remarkably, Jo van Gogh-Bonger financed the publication herself. It was a considerable investment and...
...d in 1924, with a maximum of f 5,000 for Jo van Gogh-Bonger. The other conditions remained virtually ...
Letter from De Wereldbibliotheek to Jo van Gogh-Bonger, 24 February 1924.
...ation of these same letters.Briefe 1914. Jo van Gogh-Bonger owned the rights, and we can identify at ...
...ant conduit to the German art market for Jo van Gogh-Bonger, and he had sold a good many Van Goghs fr...
There is nothing in Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s account book about the money she received from Cassirer fo...
Publication history / The first collected edition of 1952-1954 and thereafter
in publications_5:
...62a to 462e, by extracts from letters that Andries Bonger wrote to his parents from Paris, a number o...
... edition of the letters to Theo in 1914, Jo van Gogh-Bonger said nothing about the way she perceived ...
...e first three volumes. Clarifications by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, such as the occasional footnote and brie...
...te that he had used the newspaper cuttings his mother had amassed, went a long way towards achieving ...
...anslation, as far it was not done by Mrs J. van Gogh-Bonger, the revision of the first English editio...
...Paul Gauguin to Van Gogh and to Theo and Jo van Gogh-Bonger in the Van Gogh Museum collection: Paul G...
About this edition / Introduction
in about_1:
...conceived edition appeared in 1914, when Jo van Gogh-Bonger published Vincent van Gogh. Brieven aan z...
...y Tersteeg comes into the corpus, as do Theo and Jo’s engagement and wedding announcements and the ...
About this edition / The reading texts
in about_3:
...is to the greatest lengths; in a letter to Andries Bonger he referred to ‘Vanghgogue’ (FR b891).
About this edition / The annotations
in about_5:
...ich the letters were sent. Had his widow Jo van Gogh-Bonger had them when she was preparing her editi...
There are two letters to which Jo assigned dates that other sources prove to be incorrect.Letters 712...
...the original sequence was (the situation Jo van Gogh-Bonger faced when she wanted to publish the lett...
About this edition / The transcriptions
in about_2:
... denoting the sequence of the letters in Jo van Gogh-Bonger’s possession or date indications that s...
About this edition / Note on the translation
in about_4:
...ranslation, as far it was not done by Mrs. J. van Gogh-Bonger, the revision of the first English edi...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / A new edition
in letter_writer_1:
...m to his brother Theo and 7 to Theo and his wife Jo – and those he received – 83, including 39 fr...
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / Manuscripts
in letter_writer_5:
...face to the 1914 edition of the letters, Jo van Gogh-Bonger wrote: ‘When as Theo’s young wife I e...
...arks and notes are in the handwriting of Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Mention has already been made of the dat...
... numbers were added by other people, for example Jo’s son V.W. van Gogh, who had the letters at hom...
Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh
in context_1:
...he wanted to open his own art gallery with Andries Bonger in 1886. He had come to Holland especially ...
... with the world, as he wrote to his friend Andries Bonger: ‘Even if the world is the greatest schoo...
...Kools 1990, and the 1913 ‘Memoir’ by Jo van Gogh-Bonger, published in The complete letters 1958, ...
The family loved fairytales. Lies wrote to Jo Bonger: ‘I hope that you know Andersen’s fairytales...
Biographical & historical context / The letter-writing culture and Van Gogh’s position within it
in context_2:
FR b1699 and b1700, Andries Bonger to his parents, January 1882.

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Documentation
in documentation:
...mine Louise Bonger-Weissman. Paris, 17 March 1886 (FR b1838).Andries Bonger
...mine Louise Bonger-Weissman. Paris, 12 April 1886 (FR b1841).Andries Bonger
...rmine Louise Bonger-Weissman. Paris, 23 June 1886 (FR b1843).Andries Bonger
...e Louise Bonger-Weissman. Paris, 31 December 1886 (FR b1867).Andries Bonger
...ne Louise Bonger-Weissman. Paris 18 February 1887 (FR b1846).Andries Bonger
... and I’ve only spoken to her brother, who feels I should wait a ...
...rtists living in Auvers and many of them came. Dries came, too. There was much ...
... don’t know. I plan to propose to Jo Bonger some time. It’s true t...
... didn’t say anything, I wrote nothing to Jo before you had your answer f...
... with De Haan with you, and Jo, it’s surely easier to bear. How your whole hea...
...gh to Jo van Gogh-Bonger. Paris, 14 February 1889 (FR b2035).Jo van Gogh-Bonger
‘Jo, one of the main problems is that, whether sick or well, his life is so ba...
...an Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, 28 July 1890 (FR b2066).Jo van Gogh-Bonger
... too. Maybe it was fortunate that Jo was not here for it might have given her a ...
...n Gogh-Bonger. Auvers-sur-Oise, 1 August 1890 (FR b2067).Jo van Gogh-Bonger
...an Stockum-Haanebeek to Jo van Gogh-Bonger. The Hague, 23 October 1890 (FR b1140).Jo van Gogh-Bonger
Chronology
in 1889:
... Theo is in the Netherlands. His engagement to Jo Bonger takes place on 9 January (FR b2023, b4250).
... Theo is in the Netherlands for his marriage to Jo on 18 April in Amsterdam (759). In Paris they mov...
in 1885:
...he family in Nuenen (522, FR b889). He meets Jo Bonger in Amsterdam the day before he returns to Par...
in 1886:
Mid-August-26 August Andries Bonger stays with Vincent while Theo is away in the Netherlands (5...
in 1890:
31 January Birth of Vincent Willem, the son of Theo and Jo.
17-19 May With Theo and Jo in Paris (FR b2012). *Visits the Salon of the Société Nationale d...
8 June Visit from Theo, Jo and the infant Vincent (881, FR b1853).
Overview of all the letters
in overview:
to Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger, brother and sister-in-law (651 to Theo, 1 to Jo, 7 to Theo a...
from Theo van Gogh and Jo van Gogh-Bonger (39 from Theo, 2 from Theo and Jo, 5 from Jo)
...e latter were addressed to Theo, two to Theo and Jo, one to Willemien, one to Russell, one to the ...

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173 letters, 19 essay items and 3 other items found

173 letters found

19 essay items found

3 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters