IDENTITY
Letter 629 — Contemporary Art Criticism & Monet
Arles, 1888
Content Summary
21 Jun 1888, Arles. Van Gogh reads Gustave Geffroy on Claude Monet and responds positively to the article and exhibition.
CONTEXT
Topics
Art Criticism, Monet, Modern Painting, Literature
Materials & Pigments
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Gustave Geffroy, Claude Monet
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
Van Gogh’s response to Geffroy’s writing on Monet documents his active engagement with contemporary art criticism and his interest in how modern landscape painting was being discussed and exhibited.
Related Work / Relevance
SOURCES & EVIDENCE
Source Type
Letter
Source
Source Edition
Vincent van Gogh — The Letters, scholarly online edition (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING)
Source URL
Evidence Type
Primary Source, Scholarly Annotation
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