IDENTITY
Letter 800 — Work Ethic & Perseverance
Saint-Rémy, 1889
Content Summary
5–6 Sep 1889, Saint-Rémy. A newspaper item on Andrey Kraevsky prompts Van Gogh to reflect that the remedy is to work passionately.
CONTEXT
Topics
Artistic Ethos, Perseverance, Work, Literature, Journalism
Materials & Pigments
Related People
Vincent van Gogh, Andrey A. Kraevsky
Paintings
RESEARCH
Quotation
Research Focus
A newspaper account of Andrey Kraevsky prompts Van Gogh to formulate work itself—pursued passionately—as a response to difficulty, connecting reading directly with his conception of perseverance and artistic working life.
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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