Men whose names are unknown
Vincent van Gogh to Theo van Gogh, from The Hague, c. 2 July 1883
Theo, when you come to the studio someday, I shall be able to show you a collection which you certainly won't find everywhere. I can show you something which might be called the "Hundred Masterpieces" in wood engraving by modern artists. The work of men whose names are unknown even to most connoisseurs.
Who knows Buckmann, who knows the two Greens, who knows Regamey's drawings? Only a very few.
Seen together, one wonders at that firmness of drawing, that personal character, that serious conception and that penetration and artistic elevation of the most ordinary figures and subjects found in the streets, in the market place, in a hospital or an almshouse.
Letter 297
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
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Theo, when you come to the studio someday, I shall be able to show you a collection which you certainly won't find everywhere. I can show you something which might be called the "Hundred Masterpieces" in wood engraving by modern artists. The work of men whose names are unknown even to most connoisseurs.
Who knows Buckmann, who knows the two Greens, who knows Regamey's drawings? Only a very few.
Seen together, one wonders at that firmness of drawing, that personal character, that serious conception and that penetration and artistic elevation of the most ordinary figures and subjects found in the streets, in the market place, in a hospital or an almshouse.
Letter 297
Translation courtesy of Robert Harrison.
Back to The Way of Vincent: Making art no matter what
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