IDENTITY

Letter 297 — Drawing & Procedure

The Hague, 1882

Content Summary

During 1882–83 at The Hague, Van Gogh describes drawing procedures involving carpenter’s pencil, milk, lithographic crayon, lampblack and white body-colour.

Head of a Man with a Pipe and Bandaged Eye — Vincent van Gogh

CONTEXT

Topics

Drawing, Procedure, Carpenter's pencil, milk, lithographic crayon, lampblack, white body-colour

Materials & Pigments

carpenter's pencil, Pencil, Pen, Milk, lithographic crayon, lampblack, white body-colour, White, Black

Related People

Vincent van Gogh

Paintings

RESEARCH

Quotation

Research Focus

The evidence documents Van Gogh’s continued experimentation with drawing media and with ways of modifying tone, density and surface effect beyond straightforward pencil or charcoal drawing.

Related Work / Relevance

SOURCES & EVIDENCE

Source Type

Letter

Source

Letter 297

Source Edition

Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)

Source URL

https://vangoghletters.org/en/let297

Evidence Type

Primary Source, Scholarly Annotation