He has had to struggle with a kind of awkwardness
Speaking of Herkomer, some time ago I read a kind of biography of him, though rather incomplete. But the following struck me. . . .
The biography tells that he is not a man who works easily; on the contrary, ever since the beginning he has had to struggle with a kind of awkwardness, and no picture is finished without severe mental effort.
I can hardly understand why, even now, many call him rough. I can hardly think of any work more profoundly sensitive than his.
To Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 3 February 1883, Letter 263
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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The biography tells that he is not a man who works easily; on the contrary, ever since the beginning he has had to struggle with a kind of awkwardness, and no picture is finished without severe mental effort.
I can hardly understand why, even now, many call him rough. I can hardly think of any work more profoundly sensitive than his.
To Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 3 February 1883, Letter 263
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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