Vincent Van Gogh [antikvár]

2. GARDEN OF NUENEN VICARAGE. 1884. Ink and fencil Collection V. W. van Gogh, Laren ^rncen^ In July, 1880, just ten years before his life ended, Vincent van Gogh v^rote to his brother Theo of his decision to become a painter. He v^as twenty-seven, had unsuccessfully tried to be picture dealer, schoolmaster, bookseller, and evangelist, and had suffered much anguished doubt that he was good for anything at all. To his puritan family, who believed in the close connection of work and morality, he seemed an idler and a non-conforming eccentric. Actually he