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Anastasia246

appreciated the book

"This is the battle.
In art, you need not to spare itself"

It is always a bit embarrassing to read the published letters and diaries of others: that personal, deeply intimate inherent in all of us is put on display here (for commercial gain, of course, or just to satisfy curiosity), but all this was not written for the audience at all . ..

"What am I in the eyes of the majority? Zero, an eccentric, an unpleasant person - an insignificance of insignificances. Well ... I would like to show with my work what is hidden in the heart of this eccentric, this insignificance ... "

Deep and long, throughout (without exaggeration) life, some kind of mystical connection between two brothers - the great artist Vincent van Gogh and his brother, the art dealer, Theo was, undoubtedly, something much more than family relationship. This is spiritual unity, understanding each other at some invisible level. Theo is one of the few (if not the only one) who saw and believed in his brother's talent. And only to him Vincent could entrust his experiences, his dreams and hopes, his vision of this world. The conversations of two brothers, located thousands of kilometers apart, resemble a warm friendly conversation, a desire to share the most intimate.

And if in Irving Stone's book - The Thirst for Life we ​​see a life full of hardships, suffering, deprivation, then in the book of letters to his brother (although, by the way, you can also get to Vincent's letters to his friends), this same life appears in a completely different perspective. Vincent, as befits a true man, does not complain about the difficulties that he had to experience (and he had to experience a lot: illness, poverty, hunger ...) He tells his brother with genuine enthusiasm, choking with delight, about the joys of his work, about that gives him strength, the desire to get up in the morning, about the passion that burns him from the inside. And this passion is not for a woman - women were in no hurry to give Vincent their love, knowing full well that his talent and genius should belong to the world, and not to them alone - a passion for painting, a passion for canvas, brushes, paints. This passion did not bring money, material benefits, respect of contemporaries - even friends, and they did not always understand him (only Theo always understood and accepted him). Passion gave a firm and clear confidence that you were not living in vain, that you were doing something necessary and important, something valuable, something that would be appreciated later, but definitely appreciated . ... Passion gave strength to live on, despite what...

He tells in such detail and with such love about each picture, each study; he explains what he wanted to convey on the canvas, what paints he used and for what. He talks about life's difficulties as if reluctantly, so, between the word, because these are just annoying hindrances that prevent you from creating. Money is not a goal for him, nor is success. He spends all his money on brushes, paints, canvases, wages for models, drawing books. He does not need anything for himself personally, he wants to bring beauty and harmony into the world, he wants to make it publicly accessible for understanding, he wants to catch it in nature and express it with pictorial means. And that is why his reflections on art in general and the role of artists in particular are so deep and philosophically beautiful, with which he constantly intersperses his narrative. Reflections are full of life observations, you believe them, but what anguish comes through in them: the healing of suffering and its necessity for the creator, and all that sort of thing. ..

The book debunks the myth about the impracticality of people who serve art. They know the value of money, his letters are filled with scrupulous calculations of what can be saved, how much he needs to pay for his stay and so on. The earthly world does not let go, although thoughts are somewhere out there, in the unattainable heavenly...

A story about loneliness, which, in fact, did not exist. There was a life filled with meaning, illuminated by an inner light, a life for which one cannot be ashamed...

"Is my path really less correct just because someone keeps saying: "Have you gone astray?"

I would also like to note the successful composition of this publication: the letters are grouped by periods associated with places of residence, arranged in chronological order and, importantly, they are preceded by a biographical note about the events that took place in Van Gogh's life during this period.

5/5, the artist's reflections on art - what could be more beautiful? I even wrote out a bunch of quotes from the book. This book is clearly not a "one-time" reading, I think that I will definitely return to it somehow)

"No matter how deeply unhappy I am, a quiet, pure harmony and music always lives inside me. In the most impoverished shacks and dirty corners I see plots of drawings and paintings..."

" The great does not come by chance, it must be stubbornly pursued"

P.S. On the same topic, I warmly recommend the already mentioned book by Irving Stone - Lust for Life (a different angle on Vincent, but the questions are the same), Dina Rubina's story "Cold Spring in Provence" from Dean Rubin's collection - Bonzhorno, Comandante! (here are the impressions of the writer from reading the book of the artist's letters) and two wonderful films:

1) Van Gogh. On the Threshold of Eternity (a drama by an artist misunderstood by his contemporaries and friends, a simple-hearted man who only wanted to bring a little bit of beauty into our world, and he was told that it was ugliness. ..)

2) Van Gogh. Love, Vincent (2017) is a marvelous animated film that over 100 artists worked on to recreate Van Gogh's brushwork on screen. It turned out incredibly beautiful and unusual.

December 15, 2020

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nad1204

Appreciated the book

If you only know about Van Gogh that there was such a crazy artist who cut off his ear in a fit of madness, put this book aside. Most likely you won't like it. First, read something about the Artist, look at his paintings, and if you become interested, then you can already read letters to your brother. Many good articles have been written about Van Gogh, and I especially recommend the book Lust for Life by Irving Stone.
And one more thing. If you didn’t like Van Gogh’s paintings at first sight, don’t immediately stigmatize them. It would seem that a careless manner of writing, rough strokes, strange color combinations, ugly figures and ugly faces - this is a calling card and there is a special charm in this. You just need to know a little about the artist, his preferences, sitters and a special look at painting.

If you know enough about Van Gogh, love art and painting, then I beg you, do not pass by this book! You won't forgive yourself!

I don't like reading the letters of the greats at all. They weren't meant for us. These are already descendants from greed, stupidity, vanity or any other considerations, who exposed the personal lives of talented, famous, but so ordinary and not devoid of all human weaknesses and vices to the public.
Fortunately, there are no secret passions and secrets in Van Gogh's letters. The first (unhappy) love is dotted. And about Khristina (a pregnant prostitute with whom Vincent has a rather long relationship), he writes so dryly, businesslike, explaining his “need and need” for her and her interest in him, that it doesn’t even occur to consider it love and personal.
Basically there are thoughts about painting, artists, work, lack of money (it's no secret that Van Gogh was supported by his brother all his life), health . ..
You can accept or not accept the obsession of the Artist, who did not want to face reality . He did not try to earn even a penny, preferring to ask his brother for money (and he had a wife and a child!). He just worked and worked and worked. He didn't consider himself a genius. Brother Theo only sold one painting in his entire life. But the amount of work is simply amazing!
He was an obsessed artist with some amazing sense of color, which sometimes delights, sometimes irritates, sometimes perplexes... And sometimes (I confess!) - just infuriates!
He was a workaholic.
He was a strange man. No, probably still not crazy, because his letters say otherwise. Just not like everyone else.
Such people are difficult to understand. But even after a certain number of years it is difficult to understand their descendants, who did not understand, did not see, did not appreciate ...

September 8, 2013

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Evaluated the book

When you read a lot of biographical works of creative personalities, at some point you begin to protect a person from his work, only sometimes taking facts from a biography and correlating with his works so that the attitude towards the individual does not affect the perception of creative success. Since often after reading the biography the "halo of holiness" disappears and you begin to realize how complex, basically, the characters of creative people are. As for Vincent van Gogh, they say a lot of unflattering things about him, I considered him an extremely specific (in a bad sense of the word) personality, a capricious and one-sided person, but judging by the letters, my attitude was extremely wrong.
It turns out that the brilliant and most popular artist was not only in poverty (which I already knew and is not at all surprising for artists), but he was also quite smart, well-read and thoughtful. In the book (letters), his passion for drawing is already felt, it is simply impossible not to admire it. He could not help but draw, constant remorse due to the fact that his brother had to provide for him put pressure on his psyche, but at the same time Vincent could not stop, he knew that he had to create and did.
The artist had a very difficult relationship with his parents, he suffered from the fact that they did not believe in him and felt that they did not approve of his employment, this inner suffering causes respect and sympathy. Perhaps such reflections contributed to the development of mental abnormalities, which later led to tragic consequences.

In his letters to his brother Theo, Vincent shows his attitude to the world and people, it looks very sincere and sincere. He argues and reflects, tries to analyze how people treat him and why. Often he asks for money and explains why, it is striking how extravagantly the artist treated his professional activities, but at the same time he periodically malnourished. He bought the best paints to paint a masterpiece, and he could forget to eat, this is typical of many creative personalities, but it is rare that he will have the opportunity to observe this closely.

Unfortunately, I could not find enough information about Vincent's brother, Theo van Gogh, but there is no doubt that his contribution to the development of the artist was enormous. It is great that he kept more than 600 letters from his brother. Throughout the book, I thought why can't we get acquainted with what Theo writes, but it turned out that Vincent did not save his brother's letters, unlike Theo.

September 26, 2020

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Miroku_Rei

Evaluated the book

Reading someone's letters is always a little uncomfortable for me - something like a conscience in front of a person, even if he has died a long time ago. "Letters should only be read by those for whom they are written."
And the case of Van Gogh is that rare exception, when this rule deprives too much, so it has to be neglected.
Reading someone's letters is, in fact, living the life of the person who wrote them at an accelerated pace. You feel like listening to a monologue, the prescription of which, in the case of Van Gogh, has already exceeded a hundred years.
But how brightly his image rises, how his soul breaks out from each letter to his brother, written with the maximum degree of sincerity that a person is only capable of.

Van Gogh wrote to a man who accepted him for who he is: with all his minuses, dependent prostitutes, partying in southern brothels, contempt for the church (but not for God, which is important), constant requests for money on the brush -paints-canvases-workshop-sitters-food, constant complaints about health and the difficult path of creativity.
And precisely because Van Gogh wrote to his brother, he reveals all his hidden sides, all his weaknesses, all his nervousness and resentment against the world, which does not understand how hard it is to live for someone who has devoted himself entirely to His Creativity. This exposure of the artist, his full disclosure and trust is an incredible rarity that you will not find in any biography and you will not see in any film.

But almost more than Vincent van Gogh himself, he is struck by his silent (how many times during the book I was sorry that Theo's answers to these letters could not be found anywhere, that I can judge his reaction only by the fact that Vincent money has not yet run out, and he is still absorbed in his paintings) brother. More than once I have tried to imagine that Vincent is addressing me directly in these letters - this is a very strange idea, but one can draw one's own conclusions from it. Maintain an older artist brother who is absolutely incapable of earning on his own? Send money even when he supports a street woman and her two children with this money? Support his initially utopian ideas of creating an artists' association where everyone would be happy? Don't let the thought of drawing yourself (and Vincent notes several times in his letters that Theo has both a vision and all the makings of a good artist and even often invites him to live and paint together, forgetting that then the two artist brothers will simply starve to death) ?
I might have been able to live like this, but there is a big difference between me and Theo Van Gogh - I already know that Van Gogh became great, but Theo could only believe in his brother when practically no one believed in him.
And this requires no less spiritual strength than taking the soul out of oneself for each new canvas. Vincent often wrote to his brother: " We painted these pictures" - and he knew that these were not just beautiful words, this is the pure truth.

Without the seller of paintings by Theo Van Gogh, who received money for things that he did not like, there would be no Great painter Vincent Van Gogh - the artist whose things Theo loved more than life.
And this is no less breathtaking than every letter from Vincent, when he tries to describe the plot to his brother in words, because the canvas has not yet arrived, the right color of paints has not yet dried, the oil has not yet dried to send Theo the finished painting.0004 These letters are not only the best evidence of the artist himself, who has become great, not only proof that you need to follow the chosen path of creativity to the end, but also a story about the amazing spiritual strength of a man who was a brother not only by blood, but and by the highest, heavenly standards.

January 22, 2013

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Anthropos

Rated the book

Sometimes perfection is very easy to achieve. To make this book perfect, it took just one simple action - to remove the vulgar golden dust jacket and throw it in the trash can. After that, the book became magnificent in everything: both content and design, and most of all, a combination of the first and second.

Van Gogh is a special artist for me. His work captivated me once and hasn't let go since. I had a period of life when I perceived the world through the prism of his work. You know, in photo editors there is often a “painting” filter, when you can make any picture look like it was painted in oil? This is how it was with my perception, I wandered through the night streets of Orel, imagining it to be Arlem, and composed poems about the green Van Gogh. That period remained in the past, but the love for the artist's works remained. That is why I am still afraid to read any documentary or fiction books about Van Gogh, I am afraid of someone else's interference in the relationship between the creator and me.

Vincent's own letters are quite different. This edition does not include all correspondence with his brother, but only early letters from 1878 to 1883. In them we see the throwing of a young man in search of his life path. Through letters to his brother Theo, a very vivid picture arises of how Vincent refuses to engage in trade, wants to become a priest, and finally comes to painting. Vincent is self-taught, in fact no one taught him to write, he reached everything on his own. And the reader goes along with him.

And now it's time to talk about the design of the book. The publishers placed on almost every page sketches, sketches and paintings by the artist, corresponding to the period of a particular letter. Vincent writes to his brother about some sketch, attaches its sketch to the letter, and the reader sees this same drawing in the margins of the book. And since Vincent writes about his experiments and tests in almost every letter, we see the whole evolution of his skills. This is further facilitated by the fact that the artist constantly returned to his early experiments, improving old images. For example, we see several variants of the "Sower" drawing - from an angular, almost childish drawing to an almost realistic painting. Although Van Gogh did not come to realism, he has his own style, his own skill.

Since this edition ends in 1883, we do not see any of his famous paintings, they are all painted later, but even in his early drawings one can feel a very great talent, a creative genius. But we learn not only this side of the artist's life. From almost every letter, the details of his life become known, not at all a simple life. Van Gogh appears before us as a very lonely person. Relatives, including parents, consider him a slacker and do not see talent in him. The one he thought was a friend turns away. When he, being a missionary, in order to understand the life of the miners, begins to live their life (in rags, in labor to exhaustion, starving), the church does not understand him and deprives him of his mission. It is not accepted by publishers who demand "beautiful pictures" and not "these peasants." When, more out of pity than anything else, he marries an unfortunate woman, a former prostitute with two children, not even his brother understands him. And despite all this, Vincent works, constantly and a lot, despite the circumstances, poverty, misunderstanding, illness. He improves, he sees beauty in nature and people and tries to depict it on canvas. Vincent seems to have a very difficult character, he is prone to impulses, but Van Gogh holds on to some things firmly. Most importantly, he sees himself as an artist, all his correspondence of this early period is imbued with stubborn optimism, the belief that he will achieve true mastery.

Separately, it must be said about Theo. We do not see his letters; very few of them have survived at all. But even from Vincent's letters, one can understand that he is the only one from the family who sees creativity in his brother. And he constantly helps his brother financially, Vincent lives practically at his expense, hoping to repay all his debts in the future. Without the help of Theodore, the genius of the artist would hardly have developed at all. Vincent shares all his discoveries with his brother, he writes a lot about painting, about techniques, about sketching experiments. And also about the books I read, about the pictures I saw, about the events of the inner world - experiences, resentment, hopes. Is it easy to be the brother of a genius? I think no. But Theo managed until life broke them both.

Correspondence did not stop in 1883, the brothers corresponded until Vincent's death. I suspect that subsequent letters will become heavier, more desperate, knowledge of the artist's biography suggests this. But I, nevertheless, want to read the entire correspondence to the end. I don't know if I'll wait for the second volume - the same luxuriously designed edition or just find the texts. It is impossible to say what impression I will have from all the correspondence, but now the artist’s letters inspired me incredibly. Almost for the first time in my life, I want to learn how to draw, so that, taking a simple pencil in my hand, I could capture a piece of this beautiful and furious world.

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