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Theo van Gogh/ 2011 - Satoshi Kinoshita
THEO VAN GOGH/ 2011  
( Satoshi Kinoshita )

Series: Prints on paper: Portraits 3
Medium: Giclée on Japanese matte paper
Size (inches): 16.5 x 11.7 (paper size)
Size (mm): 420 x 297 (paper size)
Edition size: 25
Catalog #: PP_0202
Description: From an edition of 25. Signed, titled, date, copyright, edition in pencil on the reverse / Aside from the numbered edition of 5 artist's proofs and 2 printer's proofs.



Dear Theo,

Though it is only a short time since I wrote to you, I have something more to tell you now.

~

- Vincent van Gogh. Letter to Theo van Gogh. Written September 1881 in Etten. Translated by Robert Harrison, edited by Robert Harrison, number 150.



Theo van Gogh -

Theodorus "Theo" van Gogh (1 May 1857 - 25 January 1891) was a Dutch art dealer. He was the younger brother of Vincent van Gogh, and Theo's unfailing financial and emotional support allowed his brother to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo died at the age of 33, six months after Vincent died at the age of 37.

Biography:

Theodorus "Theo" van Gogh was born on 1 May 1857 in the village Groot-Zundert in the province of Brabant, Netherlands. He was the son of Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. His elder brother was Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), who later became a famous painter.

Business

Vincent worked for some years at the Dutch (The Hague) office of the Parisian art dealers Goupil & Cie, and Theo joined the Brussels office on 1 January 1873 as their youngest employee. After Vincent was transferred to the London office, Theo moved to the office in The Hague, where he developed into a successful art dealer.[1] By 1884, he was transferred to the Paris main office. Starting in the winter of 1880–1881, he sent painting materials as well as monthly financial support to Vincent, who was living back in the Netherlands.

Private life

In Paris, Theo met Andries Bonger and his sister Johanna, whom he married in Amsterdam on 17 April 1889. The couple lived in Paris, where on 31 January 1890 their son Vincent Willem was born. On 8 June, the family visited Vincent, who was living near Paris in Auvers-sur-Oise. Vincent died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in July 1890 at the age of 37 and Theo died in January 1891 at the age of 33, of dementia paralytica, a syphilitic infection of the brain.[2] Theo suffered from syphilis and his health declined rapidly after Vincent's death. Weak and unable to come to terms with Vincent's absence, he died six months later, on 25 January, at Den Dolder.[3]

Theo van Gogh's great-grandson, also named Theo van Gogh, was a film director, famous for his controversial criticism of Islam. He was murdered by a Dutch-Moroccan in 2004, at the age of 47.[4]

Brothers:

Theo admired his elder brother Vincent for his whole life. But communicating with him proved to be difficult, even before Vincent opted to follow his artistic vocation. The communication between both brothers suffered from diverging definitions of standards, and it was evidently Theo who kept on writing letters. Therefore, mostly Vincent's answers survived and little of Theo's input. Theo was often concerned about Vincent's mental condition and he was amongst the few who understood his brother.[6] It is known that Theo played a tremendous role in helping Vincent to maintain his artist lifestyle through his money. However, it is lesser known that Theo van Gogh helped Vincent pursue his life as an artist not only through his financial support but also through his unwavering emotional support and love. The majority of Theo’s letters and communications with Vincent are filled with praise and encouragement. Vincent would send Theo sketches and ideas for paintings along with any other triviality from his day, all to the delight and eager attention of Theo.[7]

Dealer and artist

While it is true that Theo is best known for being the brother of Vincent van Gogh and that one of the major roles of Theo van Gogh’s life was his influence on Vincent’s career, Theo himself made many important contributions within his lifetime. Theo’s work as an art dealer and the important effect he had on the art world are often overshadowed because of his relation to Vincent, but Theo played a vital role in the introduction of contemporary Dutch and French art to the public.[8] Theo was instrumental in the popularity of Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas by persuading his employers, Goupil & Cie, to exhibit and buy their works.[9] On demand only, Theo seems to have shown Vincent's paintings, but evidently, a loyal apprentice of Goupil & Cie, he never sold one of them.[citation needed]

In 1886, Theo invited Vincent to come and live with him in Paris, and from March of that year they shared a house in Montmartre. Theo introduced Vincent to Paul Gauguin, Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri Rousseau, Camille Pissarro and Georges Seurat, and in 1888 he persuaded Gauguin to join Vincent, who had moved to Arles in the meantime.[citation needed]

Letter Correspondence

The two brothers maintained an intensive correspondence, with Theo often encouraging his depressed brother. Theo was one of the few people that Vincent could talk to and confide in. These letters are one of the main and only sources of information about Vincent's life, providing many detailed accounts of not only the occurrences but also the thoughts and feelings in Vincent's life. Over three fourths of the more than 800 letters Vincent wrote during his life were to Theo including his first and his last letters.[10] It is largely thanks to Theo and his wife that these letters are available today.[6] Hardly any of Theo's letters remain because Vincent failed to keep them.[11] The letters have been collected and published in book form as The Letters of Vincent van Gogh, revealing the artist's mind and nature.[12][13]

The relationship between the two brothers was the subject of the movie Vincent & Theo (1990), directed by Robert Altman.

Death:

Theo's health deteriorated in the months after the death of his brother. He suffered from syphilis. He was admitted to the Willem Arntz Hospital, a psychiatric hospital, in Den Dolder on 18 November 1890. He had been diagnosed in Paris as suffering from a progressive and general paralysis. Initial examination confirmed this diagnosis. By 1 December his medical notes confirmed he presented all the symptoms of dementia paralytica, a syphilitic infection of the brain. He died on 25 January 1891. The cause of death was listed as dementia paralytica caused by "heredity, chronic disease, overwork, sadness".[14] In 1914, Theo's body was exhumed and reburied with his brother at Auvers-sur-Oise. [15]

Notes:

1. ^ Jan Hulsker (1990). Vincent and Theo van Gogh: A Dual Biography. Fuller Technical Publications.
2. ^ Books.google.com, Deborah Hayden, POX, Genius, Madness and the Mysteries of Syphilis, p. 152; retrieved 23 June 2009
3. ^ van der Veen, Wouter; Knapp, Peter (2010). Van Gogh in Auvers: His Last Days. Monacelli Press. pp. 260–264. ISBN 9781580933018.
4. ^ Gunman kills Dutch film director, retrieved 21 July 2009

6. ^ a b Irving Stone (1937). Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh. The New American Library.
7. ^ "Vincent van Gogh(Dutch Painter)" . Britannica. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
8. ^ "Theo van Gogh. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum" . JSTOR. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
9. ^ Rewald, Gazette des Beaux-Arts 1973
10. ^ "Important figures in the life of Vincent van Gogh", Van Gogh Gallery. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
11. ^ Ronald de Leeuw, ed. The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh. Penguin Group. ISBN 0713991356.
12. ^ Leo Jansen, Hans Luitjen, Nienke Bakker, ed (2009). Vincent van Gogh - The Letters: The Complete Illustrated and Annotated Edition. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0500238650.
13. ^ "Vincent van Gogh: The Letters". Van Gogh Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
14. ^ van der Veen, Wouter; Knapp, Peter (2010). Van Gogh in Auvers: His Last Days. Monacelli Press. pp. 260–264. ISBN 9781580933018.
15. ^ "La tombe de Vincent Van Gogh – Auvers-sur-Oise, France". Groundspeak. Retrieved 23 June 2009.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_(art_dealer)


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