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008 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 9 May 1873.
in translation:
...rget, yesterday I showed your portrait to Mrs Tersteeg, and she would like very much to have one. W...
in note 3:
... portraits of Uncle and Aunt Haanebeek, Mr and Mrs Tersteeg and Betsy, Aunt Fietje and the girls, an...
in note 2:
...ronk, wife of Van Gogh’s superior Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg. For this portrait, cf. letter 5, n....
Maria Magdalena Alida Tersteeg-Pronk, wife of Van Gogh’s superior Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg. For...
012 To Willem and Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek. London, Thursday, 7 August 1873.
in translation:
...ou had renewed your acquaintance with the Tersteeg family. I had long been hoping that you would, fo...
014 To Willem and Caroline van Stockum-Haanebeek. London, between about Thursday, 16 October and Friday, 31 October 1873.
in translation:
... because the negative is broken. Show it to Mr Tersteeg when you have the opportunity. ‘The honeym...
in note 13:
At this time Van Gogh was also writing to H.G. Tersteeg. Mrs van Gogh remarked to Theo: ‘Mr Terstee...
015 To Theo van Gogh. London, Wednesday, 19 November 1873.
in translation:
...er me that I bid them good-day, especially the Tersteegs, Haanebeeks, Aunt Fie, Van Stockums, and th...
in note 16:
... mean that Betsy Tersteeg, the daughter of H.G. Tersteeg, was ill. Mrs van Gogh wrote on 3 December ...
017 To Theo van Gogh. London, beginning of January 1874.
in translation:
...in the office, because I heard as much from Mr Tersteeg. I saw from your letter that you have art in...
in note 9:
... Christmas holidays Theo was visiting the Tersteeg family, which Mrs van Gogh took as proof that The...
in note 1:
The satisfaction Tersteeg expressed in Theo’s performance also resulted in a rise: in January his s...
019 To Theo van Gogh. London, Friday, 20 February 1874.
in note 11:
...was affected by the weather ... I hope that Mr Tersteeg will have been satisfied with it. It is cert...
020 To Caroline and Willem van Stockum-Haanebeek. London, Tuesday, 3 March 1874.
in translation:
... and if someone or other asks after me. Have you kept up your acquaintance with the Tersteeg family?
in note 5:
...d Caroline and Willem van Stockum-Haanebeek to seek contact with the Tersteeg family. See letter 12.
022 To Theo van Gogh. London, Thursday, 30 April 1874.
in translation:
Give my regards to everyone I know at the Tersteegs’, Haanebeeks’ and Carbentuses’, and especia...
026 To Theo van Gogh. London, Tuesday, 21 July 1874.
in translation:
There’s a photo in the same crate of a Thijs Maris for Mr Tersteeg.
027 To Theo van Gogh. London, Friday, 31 July 1874.
in translation:
That painting by Thijs Maris that Mr Tersteeg bought must be beautiful, I’ve already heard about it...
...nderful it is for me to be here with Anna. Tell Mr T. that the paintings arrived in good order and th...
033 To Theo van Gogh. London, Saturday, 8 May 1875.
in translation:
C.M. and Mr Tersteeg were here and left again last Saturday. In my opinion they went a little too oft...
040 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 13 August 1875.
in translation:
Please give my regards to Mr and Mrs Tersteeg and Mauve, also my regards to the Van Stockums, Haanebe...
041 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, between Monday, 16 August and Wednesday, 1 September 1875.
in translation:
Herewith a note for Mr Tersteeg, asking him if he would frame 2 engravings, ‘Good Friday’ and ‘...
044 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 4 September 1875.
in translation:
Give the book on Michel to Mr Tersteeg to read, too.
049 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 17 September 1875.
in translation:
...e firm and for your work and to respect for Mr Tersteeg. Later on you’ll see, better than now, tha...
050 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Saturday, 25 September 1875.
in translation:
... frames as soon as possible; when I write toMr Tersteeg I’ll tell him that I don’t have much mon...
055 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 11 October 1875.
in translation:
... my regards to my acquaintances, especially Mr Tersteeg and his family, and I wish you the very best...
065 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 10 January 1876.
in translation:
Be so good as to let Mr Tersteeg read this letter, His Hon. may know it, but I believe it’s better ...
066 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, on or about Monday, 17 January 1876.
in translation:
There’s also a package for Mr Tersteeg and one for Mrs Tersteeg, and also one for Mauve and his wif...
... also a package for Mr Tersteeg and one for Mrs Tersteeg, and also one for Mauve and his wife. I wrot...
067 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, on or about Monday, 24 January 1876.
in translation:
If Mr Tersteeg should speak to you about me, write and tell me. Give my regards to His Hon. every tim...
069 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 7 February 1876.
in translation:
... to everyone at the Rooses’. I heard from home that Mr Tersteeg had been in Etten. In haste. Ever,
in note 9:
Tersteeg will have discussed Vincent’s dismissal with his parents in Etten. Mrs van Gogh had alread...
073 To Theo van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 28 March 1876.
in translation:
...rds to everyone at the Rooses’ and to Mr and Mrs Tersteeg and to anyone who might ask after me, an...
081 To Theo van Gogh. Ramsgate, Saturday, 6 May 1876.
in translation:
...be any harm in that. Sometime you must tell Mr Tersteeg about the school here. These are really happ...
...s to everyone at the Rooses’, also to Mr and Mrs Tersteeg and Betsy, and in thought a handshake fr...
086 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 8 July 1876.
in translation:
Please give my regards to Mr Tersteeg and his wife and Betsy, and to everyone at the Rooses’, and a...
088 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Friday, 18 August 1876.
in translation:
...l book. Recommend the former to Caroline and to the Mauves and, if possible, to Mr Tersteeg as well.
Also give my regards to Mr and Mrs Tersteeg and Betsy.
089 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 26 August 1876.
in translation:
Herewith a few words for Mr Tersteeg. The last time I wrote to him I was still in Paris and it’s ti...
in note 1:
That Van Gogh corresponded frequently with H.G. Tersteeg at this time emerges from the following rema...
090 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, between about Saturday, 2 and Friday, 8 September 1876.
in translation:
Regards to everyone at the Rooses’, Haanebeeks’, Tersteegs’, Borchers’, Caroline and Mauve.
093 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 7 and Sunday, 8 October 1876.
in translation:
... to everyone I know, especially everyone at Mr Tersteeg’s and at the Van Stockums’ and the Haane...
096 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Friday, 3 November 1876.
in translation:
Regards to Mr and Mrs Tersteeg, Haanebeeks, Van Stockums and everyone at the Rooses’ and Van Iterso...
099 To Theo van Gogh. Isleworth, Saturday, 25 November 1876.
in translation:
...andshake in thought, give my regards to Mr and Mrs Tersteeg and to everyone at the Rooses’ and the...
100 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Sunday, 31 December 1876.
in translation:
...ly in the evening light. You must also tell Mr Tersteeg straightaway that I’ll be going there for ...
...ter, if you will, and be sure to give him and his wife my best wishes for a happy New Year. I’m wri...
102 To Theo van Gogh. Dordrecht, Wednesday, 7 and Thursday, 8 February 1877.
in note 55:
...examples published by Goupil on approval from Tersteeg (via Blussé). It is possible that the drawing...
in translation:
...e at the Rooses’, and especially to Mr Tersteeg and his wife, and accept in thought a handshake, an...
Tell Mr Tersteeg that he shouldn’t be upset about the drawing examples being away for so long, it�...
114 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 19 May 1877.
in translation:
Is Mrs Tersteeg continuing to do well, and have you already been to see Mauve? Just be steadfast, as ...
in note 42:
... We are very keen on Vincent’s going to see Tersteeg, Haanebeek and Mauve. So help bring that about...
in note 34:
On 2 May 1877, Mrs Tersteeg-Pronk gave birth to her third child. Evidently her confinement was not wi...
116 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 28 May 1877.
in translation:
How is Mrs Tersteeg doing? I’m also eager to hear whether you’ve been to see Mauve.
120 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 12 June 1877.
in translation:
How is Mrs Tersteeg? If you run into Mauve or go to see him, give him my regards, also to everyone at...
in note 2:
...interest. For the moment he thinks, as does Mr Tersteeg, that there are rather too many than too few...
124 To Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg. Amsterdam, Friday, 3 August 1877.
in translation:
Dear Mr Tersteeg,
My warm regards to Mrs Tersteeg and Betsy and believe me, with a handshake in thought to all of you
in note 1:
...877, Marie Tersteeg, the third child of Mr and Mrs Tersteeg, died in The Hague; she was born on 2 Ma...
125 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Friday, 3 August 1877.
in translation:
... I heartily thank you. What you write about Mr Tersteeg’s loss, that his youngest child has died, ...
in note 1:
Marie Tersteeg, the third child of Mr and Mrs Tersteeg, died on 24 July 1877; see letter 124.
128 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 27 August 1877.
in translation:
...he very best, it seems very good to me that you spent those days at Mr Tersteeg’s. Believe me ever
in note 36:
Theo presumably stood by the Tersteeg family during the period of mourning following the death of the...
131 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 18 September 1877.
in translation:
.... If you think it’s a good idea, speak to Mr Tersteeg about it, and write a few words in advance a...
132 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Sunday, 21 October 1877.
in translation:
...ve them my regards, and to your housemates too, and to Mauve and Mr Tersteeg if the occasion arises.
133 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Tuesday, 30 October 1877.
in translation:
...portunity arise also Mauve and his wife andthe Tersteegs and Van Stockums (how is she?) and Haanebee...
135 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Saturday, 24 and Sunday, 25 November 1877.
in translation:
...oo sometimes), Wierda, one could also count Mr Tersteeg among them, and that young man you met on yo...
136 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Monday, 3 and Tuesday, 4 December 1877.
in translation:
...m regards to your housemates, also to the Tersteeg family, Haanebeeks and Van Stockums, if you happe...
143 To Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Wednesday, 3 April 1878.
in note 54:
...his period Theo paid Vincent a second visit (FR b1085, H.G. Tersteeg to Theo, 4 April, and FR b975).
152 To Theo van Gogh. Wasmes, on or about Thursday, 19 June 1879.
in note 2:
...A day later Theo discussed the matter with H.G. Tersteeg (FR b2480). Although his father was disappo...
153 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, Tuesday, 5 August 1879.
in translation:
...��t have any time, had to write urgently to Mr Tersteeg to thank him for the box of paints he sent a...
in note 9:
Nothing is known about the circumstances of Tersteeg’s gift of drawing materials, but something Van...
156 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, Friday, 20 August 1880.
in translation:
I’ve dropped a line to Mr Tersteeg to ask him if perhaps there would be some way for me to have Bar...
157 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, Tuesday, 7 September 1880.
in translation:
...to do Bargue’s Exercices au fusain, which Mr Tersteeg has been so kind as to lend me, and now I’...
... still. Especially in view of the fact that Mr Tersteeg and you, too, have come to my aid with good ...
I couldn’t tell you how much Mr Tersteeg has pleased me by agreeing to let me have Bargue’s Exerc...
in note 4:
...s au fusain by Bargue, see letter 156, n. 12. Tersteeg had already been called upon in 1877 to lend o...
158 To Theo van Gogh. Cuesmes, Friday, 24 September 1880.
in translation:
...�t be able to feel sufficiently indebted to Mr Tersteeg for having so generously lent them to me. Th...
in note 3:
...s de dessin, see letter 136, n. 22. The books Tersteeg sent were most probably A. de Zahn, Esquisses ...
161 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, end of December 1880 - beginning of January 1881.
in translation:
...w of any reason why I shouldn’t go to see Mr Tersteeg and Mauve. I think it would be of benefit to...
163 To Theodorus van Gogh and Anna van Gogh-Carbentus. Brussels, on or about Wednesday, 16 February 1881.
in translation:
...nd come again into contact with people like Mr Tersteeg and Theo and, more specifically, with good p...
...ger to know what Theo’s proposal could possibly be, or perhaps to hear something from Mr Tersteeg.
...then becomes indispensable. And people like Mr Tersteeg and Theo and others know this very well. Any...
164 To Theo van Gogh. Brussels, Saturday, 2 April 1881.
in translation:
...k to Pa and to you about it, and I wrote to Mr Tersteeg and mentioned it briefly, but His Hon. seems...
...n the slightest, of course, if only you and Mr Tersteeg and C.M. and Pa and others I’m concerned w...
in note 17:
Van Gogh thanked Tersteeg for sending Bargue’s Exercices au fusain and Cours de dessin in late Augu...
171 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Friday, 26 August 1881
in translation:
...s Friday evening. Have been in The Hague at Mr Tersteeg’s, Mauve’s and De Bock’s. Mr Tersteeg ...
...eminds me of Rochussen in some respects. At Mr Tersteeg’s I also saw many beautiful things by Valk...
175 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, between Wednesday, 12 and Saturday, 15 October 1881.
in translation:
That Mr Tersteeg said what he said to you about my drawings pleases me, as does, certainly no less so...
in note 1:
Vincent had shown Tersteeg some of his drawings during a visit to The Hague in August (see letter 171...
181 To Theo van Gogh. Etten, Tuesday, 8 or Wednesday, 9 November 1881.
in translation:
...ice as others would perhaps be able to give us (Mr T. and M., for instance) who understand more from ...
191 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between Thursday, 1 and Saturday, 3 December 1881.
in translation:
I’ve also been to see Mr Tersteeg, and of the painters I’ve met (the merry) Weissenbruch and Jule...
198 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 5 or Friday, 6 January 1882.
in translation:
...se in keeping with what you wrote I wanted to ask Tersteeg to lend me some money for God’s sake.
Tersteeg had promised to come and have a look, but he hasn’t been here yet.
199 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 8 or Monday, 9 January 1882.
in translation:
... Mauve I got it even later), I had to go to Mr Tersteeg and he gave me 25 guilders to last until I r...
200 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Saturday, 14 January 1882.
in translation:
I hear that someone called on me today, Mr Tersteeg, I think. I hope so, because he promised me he’...
...fine if you could come to an agreement with Mr Tersteeg, so that in case of difficulty I can go to h...
201 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 21 January 1882.
in translation:
...g, and the model is good. Mauve came to have a look, and Mr Tersteeg too, and I’m glad about that.
Mr Tersteeg himself said something about it, and when I succeed in a small format then I think he’l...
If you write to Mr Tersteeg about it, he’ll gladly give you credit for an amount you set yourself, ...
... he again had this and that to tell me. And Mr Tersteeg was also here and talked about my starting a...
202 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 22 January 1882.
in translation:
... bear up bravely in the presence of Mauve and Tersteeg and others. And I must do so, for even though ...
...ms to me that an agreement could be made with Tersteeg if necessary so that everything would be settl...
203 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 26 January 1882.
in translation:
... that we’ll muddle through. Especially if Mr Tersteeg would be kind enough, if it’s inconvenient...
204 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 13 February 1882.
in translation:
I heard a few things about you from Mr Tersteeg when he returned from Paris. He told me that you were...
I was very glad that Mr Tersteegfound the drawings a little better, well, I’m also beginning to fee...
... don’t have it, be so good as to write to Mr Tersteeg about it immediately, because I have only th...
205 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 February 1882.
in translation:
...ll, I thought you might perhaps be ill. But Mr Tersteeg told me you’d recovered, at least he hadn�...
This week, in addition to the one Mr Tersteeg bought, I’ve made around 3 studies that are still not...
...n the year. Because I don’t count the one Mr Tersteeg bought, I’ll be much better at it when I�...
in note 2:
... the window, knitting (F 910a / JH 90), which Tersteeg owned; it measures 33 x 26 cm. (The drawings h...
in note 1:
Tersteeg had visited Theo in Paris (see letter 204).
206 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 25 February 1882.
in translation:
...w-soap-like. And if I had something against Mr Tersteeg (but I don’t have anything against him), t...
207 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 3 March 1882.
in translation:
...the circumstances, it would be very nice if Mr Tersteeg bought a thing or two now and then, if neces...
208 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between about Monday, 6 and on or about Thursday, 9 March 1882.
in translation:
... your letter of 18 February you said: ‘When Tersteeg was here we naturally spoke about you, and he ...
But why, then, when I asked Tersteeg for 10 guilders the other day, did he give it to me with so many...
However, for half a year I won’t go to Tersteeg any more or talk to him or show him my work. I’m ...
...o, you say ‘be sure and stay good friends with T., for he’s almost like an elder brother to us’...
But Tersteeg really cannot talk so that one can work from it. The summary of what Mauve has said to m...
...save money like that than receive 10 guilders now and then from Tersteeg, along with his reproaches.
If Tersteeg told you he was surprised at some of the things I’d said to His Hon., then perhaps he�...
209 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, between about Monday, 6 and on or about Thursday, 9 March 1882.
in translation:
...e are your best, he said. And I told him that Tersteeg had criticized them. Take no notice of it, he ...
... say that it’s sometimes unbearable to have Tersteeg forever saying to me ‘you should start think...
I think it possible that you may have heard something from Tersteeg that puzzled you again.
210 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 11 March 1882.
in translation:
...nd it rather harsh, what I wrote to you about Tersteeg. By no means do I take it back, though. Terste...
...ion to proportion and perspective). Similarly, Mr T.’s ‘practical talks’ (say) on art couldn�...
...patience in art, that word is beyond the pale. Perhaps in my case Mr H.G.T. has too little patience.
...er is beginning to emerge particularly in my last drawings??? studies???, which Tersteeg rejected.
...forcing watercolours to grow in the hothouse. Tersteeg and you must wait for the natural season, and ...
SinceT.’s visit I’ve made a drawing of an orphan boy polishing shoes. It might have been done wit...
...e, and not with two minds or dissatisfaction. Tersteeg thinks, because I work so much, that it’s ea...
... it’s at all possible. I wish that for once Tersteeg had to face a week of doing what I do on what ...
...ew days since I received the 10 guilders from Tersteeg, but that same day I had to pay 6 guilders of ...
...h but a hard carpenter’s pencil and a pen. Watch out! Tersteeg! Watch out! You’re clearly wrong.
211 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 11 March 1882.
in note 20:
... Hague, from August 1869 to May 1873. In 1867 Tersteeg became the manager of Goupil’s Hague branch,...
...il’s Hague branch, at which time he and his wife, Maria Magdalena Alida Pronk, went there to live.
in translation:
...ordance with your request, I immediately sent Tersteeg 10 guilders, lent to me this week by His Hon. ...
...t succeed in turning up a second, and perhaps Tersteeg, when he’s recovered from his reproachful fu...
Theo, remain something better than HGT. When I first got to know him, HGT was better than now, he’d...
in note 2:
...on a previous occasion Van Gogh had spoken to Tersteeg in English for the same reason (see letter 210...
212 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, between about Thursday, 16 and on or about Monday, 20 March 1882.
in translation:
... And if I wrote ‘remain something better than HGT’ and if I gave you to understand that I don’...
As regards H.G.T., I knew His Hon. during a remarkable period in his life, when he’d only just ‘w...
...t then when I started drawing more seriously, Tersteeg criticized it and got angry – and overlooked...
Now that I’ve given Tersteeg his money back I’m afraid that when the landlord comes round at the ...
213 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 24 March 1882.
in translation:
...and I’m getting the hang of it. I wish that Tersteeg and others who claim to be fond of me or willi...
Theo, I believe that Tersteeg does neither you nor me a good turn by meddling in this matter. He has ...
...one of these days? I hope so. You know I gave Tersteeg the 10 guilders back. I repeat, I wish you’d...
...ch a thing, especially if it’s someone like Tersteeg, who has the presumption to think he has ‘ma...
214 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 2 April 1882.
in translation:
...ample, more solid and independent than that of H.G.T. – I have a lot of respect for intellect and i...
...cs just sent I haven’t yet been able to pay Tersteeg – I have a lot of expenses – and I could w...
Regarding the money owed to Tersteeg, when I first came here, he and Mauve were so friendly and said ...
in note 5:
... previously declared his intention not to see Tersteeg for the time being (see letter 208), he must m...
215 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Thursday, 6 April 1882.
in translation:
...��s awake, it’s awake for good. When I hear Tersteeg talking about agreeableness and saleability I ...
...too freely. I do wish I didn’t have to give Tersteeg the 25 guilders back yet, because I really nee...
...I must, I’ll talk no more about it and give Tersteeg the 25 guilders when you send money again, but...
216 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Monday, 10 April 1882.
in translation:
...hat I wrote to you that I wished the money for H.G.T. could wait, I need it so much myself now, and w...
217 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Friday, 14 April 1882.
in translation:
...urse I immediately returned the 25 guilders to Mr T., and received a receipt for it WITHOUT ONE WORD...
218 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 or Wednesday, 19 April 1882.
in translation:
...ss thought I could count on, such as Mauve and H.G.T., become indifferent or hostile and hateful. I h...
219 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Friday, 21 April 1882.
in translation:
On that occasion he said a couple of things which otherwise only H.G.T. used to say about me.
And I asked him: Mauve, have you seen Tersteeg recently? No, said Mauve. And we went on talking, but ...
That was the letter which H.G.T. spoke to you about on his first visit to Paris.
...ee me yet. And things have happened since with H.G.T. which have prompted me to say to M., let’s sh...
I gleaned it from H.G.T. himself, when he told me that he would see to it that the money you sent me ...
...on that first evening when I recognized one of H.G.T.’s expressions, Mauve wouldn’t admit to havi...
in note 3:
Regarding Tersteeg’s visit to Paris, see letter 204.
220 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 23 April 1882.
in translation:
Tersteeg says to me: ‘Things didn’t go well for you earlier either, and it was a failure, and now...
...y to capture things first-hand. Put Iterson or H.G.T. himself, for example, in front of a sandpit in ...
If I could do what H.G.T. or Iterson can, if I were suited to it, I wouldn’t be fit for my professi...
...o be cut off from society or, in the words of Tersteeg at any rate, ‘be unable to remain in The Hag...
When I go to see Mauve or Tersteeg, I can’t express myself as I’d like, and perhaps I do more har...
...��s no wonder that it depressed me, because Tersteeg already told me ‘that I wouldn’t be able t...
221 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 26 April 1882.
in translation:
My reply to your statement, ‘Tersteeg has been almost like an elder brother to us, be sure and stay...
...en’t worth anything, but look, someone like Tersteeg could have thought, I’ve known him for such ...
Because Tersteeg whispered something venomous in Mauve’s ear: Watch out – he can’t be trusted w...
And pretended to know nothing when I said: Tersteeg, you must tone down your talk a bit; he said noth...
The likes of Tersteeg ‘laugh’ about it – but you are my brother and I hope you won’t laugh ab...
...s so difficult to calculate a month ahead. If Tersteeg takes back the most awful things he said, I’...
in note 5:
...ober 1880 to April 1881, during which time he had been in touch with Tersteeg (cf. also letter 164).
in note 4:
For the paint-box Tersteeg had sent in 1879, see letter 153.
in note 3:
On 20 August 1880 Van Gogh had written to Tersteeg to ask if he could borrow Charles Bargue’s Exerc...
in note 1:
Vincent had already described Tersteeg as ‘an elder brother’ in letter 208.
222 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 1 May 1882.
in translation:
...ng and fretting about the question of Mauve and HGT. I compliment you on it, because now I believe I...
...d send them straightaway. Let me know. Perhaps H.G.T. would find it impertinent or priggish if I aske...
...ay can be found. But if everyone reasoned like H.G.T. – ‘unsaleable’, ‘disagreeable’ – th...
224 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 7 May 1882.
in translation:
...nter. I couldn’t do otherwise. Mauve, Theo, Tersteeg, you all have my livelihood in your hands, wil...
226 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 12 or Saturday, 13 May 1882.
in translation:
...wonder that after what happened with Mauve and H.G.T. I sometimes think with a certain melancholy, pe...
...d will from people like you, like Mauve, like Tersteeg, although we had a disagreement this winter, I...
... anyone, and after what you wrote to me I think I shouldn’t worry too much about what H.G.T. said.
...understand, after what happened with Mauve and H.G.T. and after what I told you about Christien, ...
...our answer regarding the business of Mauve and H.G.T., not about the other. The other is something en...
227 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 14 or Monday, 15 May 1882.
in translation:
...n her character that have repelled others. But H.G.T. would most probably think of her what he thinks...
228 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 16 May 1882.
in translation:
...d something new. Your last letter about M. and H.G.T. proved to me that you appear to have a firm foo...
...e. If I contradict you, and you do the same as H.G.T. and M., I get it in the neck, in a manner of sp...
...s I hold my hand in the flame, and it’s no wonder that later H.G.T. might have looked at my hand.
...r and you will understand. Pa, Uncle Stricker, H.G.T. and I don’t know who else call themselves wel...
...lways talks about the right way too, just like H.G.T. and the clergymen. But C.M. also calls Degroux ...
Then I’m a thousand miles away from C.M., J.P.S. and H.G.T., and much happier.
...ey and it starts all over again. Then I think: H.G.T. and C.M. would do so much better if they didn�...
...the figures of old women, workers, girls, then H.G.T. &c. will be very pleasant, but then they’ll g...
..., why should I be afraid? What do I care about H.G.T.’s ‘disagreeable’ and ‘unsaleable’? If...
She knows what poverty is, so do I. Tersteeg doesn’t know a damned thing about it, and neither do y...
...done had I counted on relations with Mauve and H.G.T. being restored. Thinking that if their friendli...
...elf: I can expect nothing more from Mauve and Tersteeg, and I’ll thank God if Theo carries on sendi...
232 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Sunday, 28 May 1882.
in translation:
...the impractical, without getting angry about such a warning the way Mr Tersteeg did, as I told you.
234 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 1 and Friday, 2 June 1882.
in translation:
...g the same lines as your last one. It was from H.G.T., whom I had consulted about something that I’...
See, if Tersteeg, for example, could do what he wanted, he would take Sien from me and throw her back...
...welcome diversion. And yet, how do I obstruct Tersteeg? I ask nothing from him, I don’t bother him ...
237 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 8 June 1882.
in translation:
...’ that he takes in me and which, he says, Mr Tersteeg has shown, but, he continues, he didn’t ap...
...comfort and luxury, the sort of glory in which H.G.T. moves and the fairly strong doses of flattery t...
I haven’t replied to C.M.’s last letter, nor shall I. I appreciate His Hon.’s telling me that h...
239 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 22 June 1882.
in note 7:
...travelling and his wife out shopping. Then to Tersteeg, also not at home before 1.30. Then I did spea...
241 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 1 July 1882.
in translation:
...ectedly, I had a visit in the hospital from Mr Tersteeg, which gave me great pleasure in one sense, ...
in note 8:
Mr van Gogh had told Tersteeg that Vincent was in hospital (FR b2240).
244 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 6 July 1882.
in translation:
...right away — as much as I value the visit by H.G.T. However, that’s not why I didn’t immediatel...
245 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Thursday, 6 and Friday, 7 July 1882.
in translation:
... His Hon.’s visit, I also wrote a line to Mr Tersteeg to say that I was out and to thank him for h...
247 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Tuesday, 18 July 1882.
in translation:
...ve something to tell you about a visit from Mr Tersteeg. He came here this morning — and saw Sien ...
...h I didn’t get angry, I do severely blame Mr Tersteeg, and I don’t want to have anything to do w...
... as soon as possible, but it’s so rotten of Tersteeg to be such a troublemaker. And to whom? — a ...
... you’re able to do anything, try to prevent Tersteeg or others from working against me too much. I ...
You at least know more about the matter than Tersteeg, but you still know Sien too little to know how...
If Tersteeg had his way, and others too, they’d of course tear Sien and me apart.
...s soon as you adopt the same point of view as Tersteeg. I don’t want to leave Sien in the lurch. If...
... believe, more serious than that lecture from Tersteeg, and can’t be spoiled by his meddling or tha...
...’t help cheering up. But Sien changed on the spot when she heard Tersteeg speak — and so did I.
Now, because of Tersteeg, I want to write to Pa and Ma a little sooner, although I believe later woul...
...ng us be driven apart through the meddling of Tersteeg or anyone else, then I don’t regret this mor...
... or I don’t know what in her when she heard Tersteeg talking to me and caught a few words. It may b...
...ally better — for me he is insufferable. If Tersteeg had his way, I would be miserable and a lost m...
...— especially you — who felt towards us as Tersteeg does, we couldn’t hold out, and the end woul...
Tersteeg is an energetic man, but I hope he won’t devote his energy to persecuting Sien and me or a...
...than my pills, &c. As for my constitution — Tersteeg isn’t my doctor and doesn’t understand my ...
248 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Wednesday, 19 July 1882.
in translation:
I cannot deplore Tersteeg’s untimely visit enough.
...gs about me from Heyerdahl than, for example, Tersteeg’s opinion of my work. I now feel so much new...
...e time being. Conversations like the one with Tersteeg put the woman and me further back than the cru...
...ase with you. You, after all, won’t observe her and look down on her the way H.G.T. did yesterday.
249 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Friday, 21 July 1882.
in translation:
...it sounds to me so shrill and false when there are people like Tersteeg who are always on the hunt.
in note 1:
A reference to Tersteeg’s remark as noted in letter 247.
250 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 23 July 1882.
in translation:
In judging me and my behaviour, Tersteeg always starts from the premise that I’m incapable of anyth...
...f foolish if I were to chase after him and say: Mr T, Mr T, I’m a true painter like other painters,...
I care as little about what Tersteeg says as Mme François cared about what the other vegetable selle...
...ore intriguing to me than human intrigues. If Tersteeg had better understood that my painting is an e...
...s about my past. Connections with people like Tersteeg, who persist in their prejudices, are absolute...
in note 16:
A reference to Tersteeg’s comment noted in letter 247.
251 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Wednesday, 26 July 1882.
in translation:
Tersteeg said that what I was doing was a waste of time; soon you’ll see that I’ve saved a great ...
...quire a new circle of friends to make up for the loss of the friendliness of Mauve, HGT and others.
...through the work. What has happened to me with H.G.T. is nothing out of the ordinary; everyone experi...
... exactly what the cause is. But in the case of H.G.T. it’s an old grievance. I know now with near c...
... misfortune if I find myself out of favour with HGT or anyone else, however much I regret it. That c...
in note 7:
Goupil’s premises, where H.G. Tersteeg worked, were on Plaats.
252 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 31 July 1882.
in translation:
...lock myself into. That sort of thing exists in H.G.T.’s imagination, for example, rather than in re...
256 To Anthon van Rappard. The Hague, Sunday, 13 August 1882.
in note 8:
...h the dealers Goupil & Cie; for many years H.G. Tersteeg was its secretary and one of those responsi...
257 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 14 August 1882.
in translation:
You’ve probably seen some of them at Tersteeg’s. There are wonderful works by Israëls — among ...
280 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 5 November 1882.
in note 11:
...upil (later Boussod, Valadon & Cie), where H.G. Tersteeg was in charge, had moved in 1875 from Plaat...
290 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Sunday, 3 December 1882.
in translation:
He doesn’t seem to like Tersteeg very much. At least, without my saying anything about him, and whi...
339 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Wednesday, 2 or Thursday, 3 May 1883.
in translation:
And so the Salon has opened. No doubt Messrs H.G.T. and C.M. will be paying you a visit one of these ...
Not, however, that I’m afraid of meeting H.G.T., not because I want to hide from him or anything li...
... such an opinion. From a certain point of view H.G.T. isn’t wrong — nonetheless, things could be ...
...wasn’t correct either and, on condition that H.G.T. takes back what he wrote about me to Pa (that I...
in note 3:
For the worsening relations with H.G. Tersteeg, which was the case from February 1882, see letters 20...
342 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Thursday, 10 May 1883.
in note 13:
...ent into the branch on De Plaats, now that H.G. Tersteeg was in Paris for the Salon (cf. letter 339)...
349 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Sunday, 3 June 1883.
in translation:
...to ask you, could you perhaps write a word to Tersteeg telling him that I’m working on those large ...
...ay of finding new contacts and perhaps of putting things right with C.M. or Tersteeg, say, or Mauve.
350 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 5 June 1883.
in translation:
...gainst having anything to do with me, perhaps Tersteeg could make use of these compositions in a smal...
.... As long as there’s no reconciliation with Tersteeg, however, and with C.M., and I have virtually ...
in note 8:
... quarrelled with both Uncle Cor (C.M.) and H.G. Tersteeg: his uncle reacted unkindly to drawings he ...
356 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 22 June 1883.
in translation:
...eached the point, in desperation, of going to Tersteeg. I thought, I have nothing to lose, perhaps it...
...there may be something good in it. And as for Tersteeg himself, it wouldn’t surprise me in the leas...
...hink it possible that the time will come when Tersteeg’s opinion of me changes, also as regards my ...
The drawing in question that I took to Tersteeg wasn’t seen at its best in his small office in my v...
...nything. It wasn’t a pleasant step to go to Tersteeg but I did it anyway, thinking perhaps, perhaps...
I told Tersteeg that I very much wished to be on good terms with Mauve once more, but he didn’t giv...
...If I were able to bring that about, I’d forget the cares of the whole year when you came. Tersteeg
... step towards making things up again, even if Tersteeg doesn’t want to immediately. One or other mu...
in note 4:
...s not known what the other favours were which Tersteeg had done for Van Gogh and for which he now wan...
in note 3:
...ain and Cours de dessin at his disposal since Tersteeg first lent them to him, around the beginning o...
in note 2:
...spring of 1882 relations between Van Gogh and Tersteeg had deteriorated because he was living with Si...
358 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Monday, 2 July 1883.
in translation:
...things differently, supposing I was wrong) on Tersteeg’s opinion that I should do watercolours, t...
... Belgian Meunier), but even if I sought that, Tersteeg would still not be content with it. Keep on sa...
... and don’t work.’ This is implied in what Tersteeg said to me the year before last and last year,...
in note 10:
Van Gogh had spoken to Tersteeg shortly before (letter 356). Tersteeg’s view that he should produce...
361 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 11 July 1883.
in translation:
Nor do I think it nice of H.G.T. that he didn’t pay a call after I’d made an attempt to break the...
in note 39:
Vincent had written to Theo about his visit to H.G. Tersteeg in letter 356 of 22 June 1883.
363 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, Sunday, 22 July 1883.
in translation:
...ons of Dune workers (one of which I showed to Tersteeg again) which, although they’ll require a lot...
...s, at any rate not explain why Mauve, say, or Tersteeg or C.M. are so cool as not to want to see anyt...
in note 8:
...s are not known. One of them is the ‘row of diggers’ that he had shown to Tersteeg (letter 356).
365 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, Monday, 23 July 1883.
in translation:
...hem, do you?, as one might well conclude from Tersteeg’s ‘that he would rather stay out of it com...
366 To Theo van Gogh, The Hague, on or about Tuesday, 24 July 1883.
in note 12:
Instead of ‘certain persons’, Van Gogh first wrote ‘Tersteeg’.
374 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Friday, 17 August 1883.
in note 1:
...to the estrangement between him and Mauve and Tersteeg. These subjects had evidently been discussed d...
375 To Theo van Gogh. The Hague, Saturday, 18 August 1883.
in note 7:
...de of Van Gogh’s love for his cousin Kee Vos and the cooling of relations with Tersteeg and Mauve.
393 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Sunday, 7 October 1883.
in translation:
.... Personal passion for work, personal energy. Tersteeg has it, you have it, and at the same time desp...
397 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Tuesday, 16 October 1883.
in translation:
...doubt — which people usually try to awaken. Tersteeg, for example — who is himself a sceptic, DOE...
403 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, on or about Monday, 5 November 1883.
in translation:
... roughly. I’m glad that I can’t write to you coherently like Tersteeg and Pa — at this moment.
To me, Pa and Tersteeg are something along the lines of Delaroche, Muller, Dubufe &c. — I may think...
Anyway, old chap, neither Pa nor Tersteeg has given me anything but false peace for my conscience, an...
... find any peace in Pa’s way of thinking (and H.G.T.’s, which I find much the same), and was incre...
... come to the following conclusion. What Pa and Tersteeg held up to me as Duty was a Spectre of duty.
...t the same time leave them behind me), Pa and Tersteeg, and come to that C.M. and who knows who else,...
...�ve been short-tempered both with Pa and with Tersteeg &c. &c., don’t consider me as being influenc...
406 To Theo van Gogh. Nieuw-Amsterdam, Monday, 12 or Tuesday, 13 November 1883.
in translation:
...ncle Vincent’s words, ‘good for nothing’, HGT’s words and their accompanying turning of the ...
418 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 28 December 1883.
in translation:
...nse to something about being good friends with H.G.T., when you said then, ‘yes, I thought as much�...
436 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Monday, 10 March 1884.
in translation:
...ve promoted various Dutchmen, Maris, Mauve, and that was more particularly on H.G.T.’s initiative.
in note 8:
...usively through Goupil in The Hague, where H.G. Tersteeg was the manager. Maris is said to have been...
437 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 13 March 1884.
in translation:
...� because then the reverie goes out of it. If Tersteeg and my brother &c. then say: so what’s that,...
464 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, Thursday, 2 October 1884.
in translation:
You’ll say, isn’t Tersteeg, for instance, a Mouret. Perhaps he is, after all.
468 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Sunday, 2 November 1884.
in translation:
...pt to get back on good terms with Mauve, with Tersteeg too, if possible. I don’t know whether it wi...
... interests (never mind about the general interest): back my approach to Mauve and to Tersteeg.
I’ve written to Mauve and to T. If you want to support me, so much the better.
...e, though — I haven’t written to M. or to Tersteeg in a complaining tone. On the contrary, but I ...
...hen I’ll carry on alone. Do give me an answer to this. Of course, I may hear nothing from M. or T.
...get an extra 100 francs. In order to win over Tersteeg and Mauve, I must do something decidedly energ...
469 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Friday, 14 November 1884.
in translation:
...you know that I made an approach to Mauve and Tersteeg again, to put right what happened in the past....
...trary helped me to get what I want. I’ve admitted I was wrong, not just to Mauve but toT. as well.
... our disposal. I’ve replied briefly to both Tersteeg and M. about their refusal, to tell them that ...
470 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 17 November 1884.
in translation:
...ple, I’m almost more pleased that Mauve and Tersteeg refused me than if it had been the opposite. Y...
...el that precisely because I approached Mauve and T. and they refuse, directly or indirectly I must sh...
I don’t think I’m mistaken about Tersteeg and Mauve when I dare say that there really is a chance...
...have to involve yourself in the question with Tersteeg and Mauve right now — don’t bother, rather...
474 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Wednesday, 10 December 1884.
in translation:
...n good terms, but at least back in touch with Tersteeg and Mauve again — so that I too — like alm...
...— failing relations with you yourself, with Tersteeg or with whoever else I knew in the past — fa...
509 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Monday, 22 June 1885.
in note 7:
...insinuating that he had been influenced by H.G. Tersteeg and his colleagues, with whom relations had...
517 To Anthon van Rappard. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 16 July 1885.
in translation:
...about it — my parents and the whole family, Tersteeg and with him many people I knew then, when I w...
519 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Thursday, 16 July 1885.
in translation:
...o Holland — shouldn’t you try to approach Tersteeg again? Tersteeg is someone who dares, provided...
541 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Saturday, 14 November 1885.
in translation:
...hing on the side’ — right from the outset Tersteeg, for instance, nagged me about it. And that wa...
542 To Theo van Gogh. Nuenen, on or about Tuesday, 17 November 1885.
in translation:
... from Leurs about my paintings. He wrote that Tersteeg and Wisselingh had seen them and thought them ...
...tain that I’ll make people change their minds — even if Tersteeg and Wisselingh don’t want to.
568 Vincent van Gogh and Andries Bonger to Theo van Gogh. Paris, on or about Wednesday, 18 August 1886.
in note 7:
...sell it?) – possibly to his uncles or to H.G. Tersteeg – or to use as an exchange for two waterc...
in note 2:
...reasonable to assume that he also spoke to H.G. Tersteeg. On the basis of Vincent’s remark about U...
580 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 27 February 1888.
in translation:
Would you read the letter I’ve written to Mr Tersteeg — and would you send it to him with a lette...
So you’ll have to talk to Tersteeg about it first, and to save you the trouble of writing a long le...
...ared with the interest the paintings present, Tersteeg should easily be able to sell about fifty in H...
...e letter is by no means unpleasant either for Tersteeg or for you: you’ll show him round all the st...
But you’re well aware that Tersteeg is at home in English business matters like a fish in water, an...
...on is all the more likely to come about since Tersteeg won’t be against our having the artist...
...t the Impressionists. It will be helpful in any case for Tersteeg to be interviewed on this subject.
... to send you, but I’d very much like to see Tersteeg involved because he has the necessary self-ass...
in note 3:
...nt customer of Goupil’s in The Hague, where Tersteeg had been manager since 1867. See Stolwijk 1998...
in note 1:
... weeks Vincent and Theo were to try to kindle Tersteeg’s interest in French modern art; Van Gogh wa...
582 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 2 March 1888.
in translation:
... pleased to receive your letter and the rough draft of the letter to Tersteeg and the 50-franc note.
Your letter to Tersteeg is perfectly good in the draft, I hope you didn’t spoil it too much when ma...
It seems to me that your letter to Tersteeg adds to mine — myself, I regretted the state in which I...
And after all, we’ve already tried to get Tersteeg to buy one. But what can we do, he must really b...
... really very pleased that you’ve written to Tersteeg, and I have hopes that this will be the renewa...
583 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Friday, 9 March 1888.
in translation:
Has that bloody man Tersteeg written to you? That’ll do us good anyway — don’t worry.
In fact, it’s likely that Tersteeg won’t be predisposed against us after all.
584 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 10 March 1888.
in translation:
... note enclosed with it. I very much hope that Tersteeg will come to Paris soon, as you’re inclined ...
...lue estimated by expert members, for example, Tersteeg and yourself, appointed by the society, and th...
...ed that the thing comes off, and that you and Tersteeg become the society’s expert members (with Po...
You’re well aware that if Tersteeg joins you in this venture, the two of you will easily be able to...
I’d be so happy to know you’d succeeded in persuading Tersteeg — well, patience.
...he plan has developed further in my mind, but Tersteeg would have to be involved, and a lot depends o...
...by us, but we can’t go ahead before we have Tersteeg’s help. Without that we’d be on our own, l...
585 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 16 March 1888.
in translation:
I see you’ve had no response yet from Tersteeg — I don’t see the need to press the point from o...
588 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 21 or Thursday, 22 March 1888.
in translation:
But what’s Tersteeg doing? Nothing? If you haven’t had a reply, I’d drop him a line if I were y...
...e something of what there is in this famous Mr Tersteeg. He’ll have to come to a decision — real...
...hat we’ll try to establish them. So it remains to be seen, will Tersteeg be part of it? Yes or no?
...llet, Daubigny and others. But let me know if Tersteeg has written to you and what he may have said. ...
589 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 25 March 1888.
in translation:
I congratulate you heartily on Tersteeg’s letter — I think it’s absolutely satisfactory.
...��ll send him Gauguin’s fine seascape. But how pleased I am that Tersteeg has replied in this way.
I wouldn’t think it a bad idea if you sent Tersteeg one of my studies — do you mean the Clichy br...
...f you happen to feel that way, you could tell Tersteeg that I myself think I have a better chance of ...
I’m returning herewith the letter from Tersteeg and the one from Russell — it will perhaps be int...
...nges in that respect it won’t be overnight. Tersteeg was a personal friend of Mauve and many others...
...these paintings must stay in living hands. If Tersteeg was willing — — —. If we do the 3 perman...
in note 15:
These letters from Tersteeg and Russell do not appear to have survived.
in note 12:
Tersteeg’s trip to Paris took place a little later, in the first half of June: see letter 625.
in note 4:
...in’s The beach at Dieppe: letter 582, n. 5. Tersteeg had asked Theo to send him a number of ‘mode...
590 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 30 March 1888.
in translation:
... that relations have begun between Theo and Mr Tersteeg in order to make the work of the painters fr...
in note 2:
Theo had sent a consignment of modern paintings to Tersteeg; see letter 589, n. 4.
591 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Sunday, 1 April 1888.
in translation:
...t have to do so in great haste. First of all, Tersteeg once again. Am very pleased that your consignm...
Now be steadfast in keeping up relations with Tersteeg. Success or not, in a year I’m inclined to b...
It seems to me that Tersteeg and not Reid should now set up the Impressionist exhibition in England.
...u to buy it for us, the painting in question? Tersteeg should know all about the Reid business, and k...
in note 1:
The consignment to Tersteeg included The Seine with the Clichy bridge (F 303 / JH 1323); it arrived i...
592 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 3 April 1888.
in translation:
...one more thing that’s not at all easy. With Tersteeg having written to you ‘send me some Impressi...
...tion in memory of Mauve and the dedication to Tersteeg. I haven’t yet managed to get a line written...
...nment that I’m going to make for you before Tersteeg arrives in Paris, and you can put the apple tr...
Rest assured that Tersteeg won’t refuse the painting, and that it’s a firm decision that that one...
For my part I won’t write to Tersteeg direct, if I say something to him I’ll send the letter to y...
in note 12:
... JH 1368). Van Gogh dedicated the painting to Tersteeg, but in the end he did not get it; the dedicat...
in note 10:
For the consignment of paintings to Tersteeg, see letter 589, n. 4. Theo had included Vincent’s The...
594 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 9 April 1888.
in translation:
...arcely be one that would make a painting like Tersteeg’s or Mauve’s, but we’ll be able to use t...
in note 4:
...r Van Gogh made a variant of the painting for Tersteeg: The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (F 571 /...
in note 1:
...de Mauve’) (F 394 / JH 1379), which Van Gogh had intended for Tersteeg and Jet Mauve respectively.
595 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Wednesday, 11 April 1888.
in translation:
...r I started on the same painting I intend for Tersteeg, ‘The Langlois bridge’, for you. And I’d...
in note 11:
The paintings intended for Tersteeg and Jet Mauve, see nn. 4 and 5 above.
in note 4:
The painting intended for Tersteeg was The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (F 397 / JH 1368); the re...
597 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 13 April 1888.
in note 3:
... Theo, because Vincent wanted to give F 397 / JH 1368 to Tersteeg and F 394 / JH 1379 to Jet Mauve.
600 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 20 April 1888.
in note 8:
...ince Van Gogh had intended the first work for Tersteeg, he must have the repetition for Theo in mind ...
602 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 1 May 1888.
in translation:
... holidays? If you could do both, going to see Tersteeg and Marseille on business regarding the Impres...
607 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 10 May 1888.
in note 4:
...women (F 571 / JH 1392); the other version of this work (F 397 / JH 1368) was intended for Tersteeg.
608 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 10 May 1888.
in translation:
...ll find the paintings I did for Jet Mauve and Tersteeg. If in the meantime you should foresee that Te...
in note 3:
...of lettering can be seen above the signature. Tersteeg never had the work. See cat. Otterlo 2003, pp....
in note 2:
... (‘Souvenir de Mauve’) (F 394 / JH 1379), Tersteeg’s was The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (...
609 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Saturday, 12 May 1888.
in translation:
...the mistral again yesterday and today. I hope my consignment arrives before Tersteeg comes to Paris.
in note 5:
Tersteeg’s visit to Paris took place in the first half of June; see letter 625.
615 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 May 1888.
in translation:
...ong them that seemed to you more suitable for Tersteeg, you should put it in without a dedication, an...
...to me a very simple thing to do something for Tersteeg at the same time as I was doing a souvenir of ...
in note 2:
... bridge with washerwomen (F 397 / JH 1368) to Tersteeg; see for scraping it off: letter 608, n. 3. As...
616 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Monday, 28 or Tuesday, 29 May 1888.
in translation:
Has Tersteeg come to Paris yet?
in note 5:
Tersteeg’s visit to Paris took place in the first half of June; see letter 625.
617 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Tuesday, 29 or Wednesday, 30 May 1888.
in translation:
... and I have hopes that you’ll get help from Tersteeg, Thomas, I don’t know from whom, but I hope....
620 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Tuesday, 5 June 1888.
in note 13:
...rmer was originally intended as a gift for H.G. Tersteeg, but in the end he did not get it (cf. lett...
625 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Friday, 15 and Saturday, 16 June 1888.
in translation:
...ch regret not seeing it. It will certainly do Tersteeg no harm to have seen this exhibition; he’ll ...
In short, Tersteeg’s visit isn’t at all what I’d dared hope, and I make no secret of it to myse...
in note 6:
Tersteeg was originally going to go to Paris in May (letter 589); from the present letter, however, i...
626 To Willemien van Gogh. Arles, between Saturday, 16 and Wednesday, 20 June 1888.
in translation:
...ti’ — certainly not – only Theo sent Mr Tersteeg a consignment of paintings by Impressionists a...
658 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Thursday, 9 August 1888.
in translation:
That’s why Tersteeg was fortunate to have that greedy swine Iterson at his side, who carries this t...
660 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 13 August 1888.
in translation:
...more about it, I was inclined to believe that Tersteeg may have said something disagreeable to you, t...
677 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Sunday, 9 September 1888.
in translation:
But what would Mr Tersteeg say about this painting? He who, looking at a Sisley — Sisley, the most ...
in note 15:
Tersteeg’s comment probably related to one of the three landscapes Theo had bought from Sisley in 1...
707 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 17 October 1888.
in translation:
...about Dutch art, about Breitner, Rappard, about others, and lastly, what do they say about Tersteeg?
721 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, on or about Monday, 19 November 1888.
in translation:
...c. &c., send her some croquis, and indirectly Tersteeg will prick up his ears again. Gauguin and I of...
735 To Theo van Gogh. Arles, Wednesday, 9 January 1889.
in translation:
Then Tersteeg must admit the Impressionists, or at least believe in E. Delacroix, and then Tersteeg a...
774 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Tuesday, 21 May 1889.
in translation:
...ning. He’s a forceful artist, that one, but Tersteeg says that he isn’t saleable. Lately I saw Ga...
786 Jo van Gogh-Bonger to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Friday, 5 July 1889.
in translation:
...ing someone comes. Isaäcson or Nibbrig – Mr Tersteeg has dined with us twice, De Haan has also co...
in note 6:
...ter Mien wrote: ‘Weren’t you scared when Tersteegh ate at your place? If I were you, I’d alway...
799 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Thursday, 5 September 1889.
in translation:
This week Tersteeg sent me eight watercolours by J.H. Weissenbruch, who isn’t dead, by the way, the...
in note 8:
...ause Van Gogh had assumed this in letter 776. Tersteeg sent the following eight watercolours by Weiss...
801 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Tuesday, 10 September 1889.
in translation:
...oes his lawyers’, I think that’s perfect. Tersteeg did well to buy some of his work from him, the...
854 To Theo van Gogh. Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Wednesday, 12 February 1890.
in translation:
...be a good idea to send Reid, and perhaps also Tersteeg, or rather C.M., a copy of Aurier’s article?...
894 Theo van Gogh to Vincent van Gogh. Paris, Monday, 30 June and Tuesday, 1 July 1890.
in translation:
...that those b... B & V said wasn’t saleable. Tersteeg sold it to Mesdag with 5,000 profit, and Mesda...
in note 9:
...on 5 April 1890 for 3,000 francs, after which Tersteeg sold it to Mesdag on 23 June 1890 for 8,064 fr...
in note 3:
...ome time; in April he had spoken openly to H.G. Tersteeg about his grievances against his employers....
902 To Theo van Gogh. Auvers-sur-Oise, Wednesday, 23 July 1890.
in note 13:
...eaning the time when Vincent was in Paris, H.G. Tersteeg had sent Theo on consignment a watercolour ...

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6 essay items found

Correspondents / Family members
in correspondents_2:
... when this uncle, like the Reverend Van Gogh, Tersteeg and Mauve, condemned his cohabitation with Sie...
Correspondents / Preservation of the letters
in correspondents_4:
The letters that Van Gogh wrote to H.G. Tersteeg, his and later Theo’s boss in the Goupil gallery i...
... The painting that Van Gogh had earmarked for Tersteeg was The Langlois bridge with washerwomen (F 39...
...Gogh’s sister Elisabeth later recalled that Tersteeg had ‘a chiffonier with drawers full of lette...
...01. Only one letter from Van Gogh, which Tersteeg’s wife had given away, resurfaced a few years ag...
About this edition / Note on the translation
in about_4:
...o see the museum there’ (letter 12). The same applies to R. for (Van) Rappard and T. for Tersteeg.
Van Gogh as a letter-writer / The letters: from conventional to personal
in letter_writer_2:
...the supervision of the young and energetic H.G. Tersteeg. It can be assumed that Tersteeg was an imp...
...d his cousin by marriage) Anton Mauve, and H.G. Tersteeg. Theo was in direct contact with them, and ...
Biographical & historical context / The family and children of the Reverend and Mrs Van Gogh
in context_1:
...d proof of that through the good offices of Mr Tersteeg’.FR b2267, 19 February 1885. It is impossi...
...t café (F 463 / JH 1575), Vincent said of H.G. Tersteeg, head of the Hague branch of Goupil: ‘But...
...nections in the art trade. Another one was H.G. Tersteeg, from whom they learned a lot about art and...
Biographical & historical context / The letter-writing culture and Van Gogh’s position within it
in context_2:
... of this kind. The letter of condolence to H.G. Tersteeg is atypical (see letter 124). The business ...

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2 other items found

Overview of all the letters
in overview:
to Hermanus Gijsbertus Tersteeg, Vincent and Theo’s superior at Goupil & Cie in The Hague
Chronology
in 1882:
Mid-February Sells a drawing to Tersteeg (205).
in 1869:
...e in The Hague, Plaats 14. His superior is H.G. Tersteeg. Lodges with Willem and Dina Roos at Lange ...
in 1879:
...lon (153). He is now mainly preoccupied with drawing. @Sends his first drawings to Tersteeg (221).

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169 letters, 6 essay items and 2 other items found

169 letters found

6 essay items found

2 other items found

Vincent van Gogh, The Letters