The Van Gogh Letter Sketches

Posted by Miss Cellania in Arts & Crafts on October 19, 2009 at 9:46 pm


A few people were lucky enough to be pan pals of a sort with Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh often added sketches or paintings to his letters, to illustrate what he wrote about. BibliOdyssey has a collection of these letter sketches, along with the letters that accompanied them. Link


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7 comments to "The Van Gogh Letter Sketches"

  1. Jim R Feliciano
    October 19th, 2009 at 11:15 pm

    Van Gogh as a documentarian. It is somewhat amazing how precisely his sketches show the world in which he lived. I have to wonder how the recipients felt or if they appreciated what they received. Currently my desktop is Starry Night. Everyone know how precise Van Gogh tended to be in his paintings but nobody knows what stars or planets he wanted to show. Not a problem whith these sketches.

  2. BamaChris
    October 20th, 2009 at 12:58 am

    ...I guess I just don't understand art.

  3. pfelelep
    October 20th, 2009 at 2:31 am

    Beautiful.
    Just amazingly beautiful. Thanks a lot for the link.

  4. hedwig
    October 20th, 2009 at 4:19 am

    love it!
    A friend of mine often writes on a notecard that she's illustrated with a pen and ink (sometimes watercolor) sketch... I save them!

  5. christine
    October 20th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    These are awesome. Thanks much for this link!

  6. Niko
    October 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm

    All his letters are just published on the web after a research of 15 years. Check them out here: http://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/
    This publication is accompanied by a beautiful exhibition in the van Gogh museum in Amsterdam.

  7. Dolly
    October 20th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

    For almost 20 years, I was fortunate enough to correspond via snail mail with a terrifically gifted artist friend who liberally illustrated his letters (written in gorgeous cursive, too) with wonderful sketches of whatever he was writing about -- needless to say, I treasure them (alas, we mostly talk on the phone now).


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