8 letters found

1. 726 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 17 or Tuesday, 18 December 1888.

   in note 9:

   Portraits of Bruyas ‘by others too’ must refer to the three portraits by Auguste Glaize. See cat....

   in note 7:

   ...e). Ill. 1401. Verdier gave Christ the facial features of Bruyas. See cat. Montpellier 1926, p. 240.

   in note 4:

   The Musée Fabre had three portraits of Bruyas by Courbet, one dating from 1853, half-length: Alfred ...

   in note 1:

   ...he west of Arles, housed the collection of Alfred Bruyas. This wealthy collector had become known ma...

   in translation:

   ...er to see the museum there, and especially the Bruyas room — there are many portraits of Bruyas, by...

   Bruyas was a benefactor to artists, and this is all I’ll say to you: in the Delacroix portrait, heâ...

   ...em to me that this figure (by Delacroix) must have some relationship to this fine Bruyas portrait.

   ...Gauguin and I have been to see the portrait of Bruyas by Delacroix at Montpellier, for we must boldly...

2. 732 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 7 January 1889.

   in translation:

   ..., how I wish that you’d seen the portrait of Bruyas by Delacroix and the whole museum at Montpellie...

3. 735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.

   in note 8:

   For the collector and Maecenas Alfred Bruyas, see letter 726, n. 1.

   in translation:

   ...s, and that we’re therefore simply continuing what Monticelli and Bruyas began in the south.Bruyas

4. 743 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 January 1889.

   in note 9:

   Regarding the collector and Maecenas Alfred Bruyas of Montpellier, see letter 726, n. 1.

   in translation:

   ...a lamp before our feet in the powerful work of Bruyas of Montpellier, who has done so much to create ...

5. 765 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 30 April 1889.

   in note 11:

   Regarding Bruyas and his bequest to the Musée Fabre in Montpellier, see letter 726, n. 1. The ‘dee...

   in translation:

   Anyway, there have been more than us before, Bruyas in Montpellier gave an entire fortune to it and a...

6. 798 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Monday, 2 September 1889.

   in translation:

   I think that if you see the Bruyas museum in Montpellier one day, I think that then nothing will move...

   in note 20:

   For the Maecenas Bruyas and his collection in the Musée Fabre at Montpellier, see letter 726, n. 1.

7. 800 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Thursday, 5 and Friday, 6 September 1889.

   in translation:

   ...the sleeping spinner – were the portraits of Bruyas by Delacroix and by Ricard, then the Daniel, De...

8. 865 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, on or about Thursday, 1 May 1890.

   in note 10:

   Van Gogh thought that the Maecenas Alfred Bruyas had been of great importance to the painting of the ...

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