Solidarity
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, 22 October 1882
I don't know the books by Murger you mention, but I hope to become acquainted with them soon. . . .
The titles of those books greatly appeal to me, for instance, Scènes de la vie Bohème. How far we have strayed nowadays from la bohème of Gavarni's time! It seems to me that there was definitely something warmer and more light-hearted and alive about those days than there is today. But I cannot be certain, and there is much good nowadays, or there could be much more than in fact there is if there were greater solidarity.
Letter 237
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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I don't know the books by Murger you mention, but I hope to become acquainted with them soon. . . .
The titles of those books greatly appeal to me, for instance, Scènes de la vie Bohème. How far we have strayed nowadays from la bohème of Gavarni's time! It seems to me that there was definitely something warmer and more light-hearted and alive about those days than there is today. But I cannot be certain, and there is much good nowadays, or there could be much more than in fact there is if there were greater solidarity.
Letter 237
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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