Guide de l'alphabet du dessin ou l'art d'apprendre et d'enseigner les principes rationnels du dessin d'après nature

CONTEXT

Author / Source

Armand Théophile Cassagne

Work

Guide de l'alphabet du dessin ou l'art d'apprendre et d'enseigner les principes rationnels du dessin d'après nature

Years / Period

24 Sep 1880 | c. 12 Aug 1888

Van Gogh Relation

Owned / Had Access To, Studied / Used

EVIDENCE

Key Quotation

thanks ... for the Cassagne book

Evidence Trail

24 Sep 1880 — Letter 158

Received / used in early drawing study

comprehensible work (later assessment, as identified by editors)

Response: The editors identify Cassagne among the books Tersteeg sent; they note that Van Gogh later described it as comprehensible and useful when he began drawing.

Connection: Provides a documented instructional context for drawing and perspective learning.

c. 12 Aug 1888 — Letter 659

Received again

thanks ... for the Cassagne book

Response: Van Gogh explicitly thanks Theo for the Cassagne book, documenting renewed access to an instructional source eight years after his early training.

Connection: Shows recurrence and continuing practical interest in an instructional source.