"Trabalhando duro, meu velho, eu espero um dia fazer algo bem. Ainda não o fiz, mas eu estou trabalhando, lutando por isto . . . ."
Vincent van Gogh |
Vincent van Gogh é famoso pelas quase 900 pinturas que produziu em apenas dez anos como artista. Seus esboços e aquarelas, da mesma forma, se tornaram muito bem conhecidos. É importante lembrar, porém, que Van Gogh produziu trabalhos admiráveis nos seus esboços em cartas. Ao longo de sua carreira como artista, Vincent manteve uma correspondência cálida e afetuosa com seu irmão, Theo. Em muitas das cartas para Theo (e também a outras pessoas) Vincent desenhou esboços dentro das próprias cartas--como uma forma de mostrar como seu trabalho estava progredindo.
Nas tabelas abaixo estão listados todos os 132 esboços em cartas de Vincent van Gogh. Estes trabalhos são, de muitas formas, tão admiráveis quanto os óleos mais famosos de Van Gogh. É possível acompanhar o progresso contínuo de Vincent como artista e observar as sutilezas, numa visão íntima sobre sua arte. Existe uma atenção surpreendente nos detalhes e até no uso de cores (veja (see Honesty in a Vase, por exemplo) em seus esboços. Como resultado, o incrível conteúdo das cartas e as delicadas obras-primas nelas contidas, fizeram das cartas de Van Gogh obras de arte por si próprias.
Nota do Tradutor: O conteúdo das tabelas abaixo foi mantido em Inglês, para evitar imprecisões, e poderá ser traduzido no futuro.
Nome |
Origem |
Carta |
JH |
Beach and Boats | The Hague: 3 September 1882 | 228 | 227 |
Beach and Sea | The Hague: c. 10-12 August 1882 | 224 | 174 |
Beach with People Walking and Boats | The Hague: 27 September 1882 | 237 | 248 |
Bird's Nest | Nuenen: October, 1885 | 425 | 943 |
Bleaching Ground | The Hague: 26 July 1882 | 220 | 163 |
Breakwater | The Hague: 29-30 July 1883 | 307 | 381 |
Cemetery | Drente: 17 September 1883 | 325 | 396 |
Church in Nuenen, with One Figure | Nuenen: c. 24 January 1884 | 355 | 447 |
Church Pew with Worshippers | The Hague: c. 1 October 1882 | 235 | 226 |
Cottages with Thatched Roofs and Figures | Auvers-sur-Oise: 23 July 1890 | 651 | 2116 |
Couple Walking between Rows of Trees | Auvers-sur-Oise: 2 July 1890 | 646 | 2042 |
Cypresses | Saint-Rémy: 25 June 1889 | 596 | 1750 |
Daubigny's Garden with Black Cat | Auvers-sur-Oise: 23 July 1890 | 651 | 2106 |
Digger | Etten: September, 1881 | 150 | 30 |
Digger | Etten: October, 1881 | 151 | 55 |
Doctor Gachet Sitting at a Table with Books and a Glass with Sprigs of Foxglove | Auvers-sur-Oise: 3 June 1890 | 638 | 2008 |
Enclosed Field with Ploughman | Saint-Rémy: 3 or 4 September 1889 | 602 | 1769 |
Farmer Leaning on his Spade | Etten: September, 1881 | 150 | 41 |
Farmhouse with Wheat Field along a Road and Field with Flowers | Arles: 12 May 1888 | 487 | 1418 |
Field in a Thunderstorm / Digger and Figure of a Woman | Etten: September, 1881 | 150 | 37 and 39 |
Field of Grass with Dandelions and Tree Trunks | Saint-Rémy: 4 May 1890 | 631 | 1971 |
Fishing Boats on the Beach | The Hague: 26 July 1882 | 220 | 159 |
Five Persons at a Meal | Nuenen: c. 11 April 1885 | 399 | 735 |
Garbage Dump | The Hague: 4 or 5 June 1883 | 289 | 369 |
Garbage Dump | The Hague: c. 10 June 1883 | 292 | 370 |
Gardener near a Gnarled Apple Tree | The Hague: c. 13 July 1883 | 300 | 380 |
Gardener with a Wheelbarrow | Nuenen: early January, 1884 | 351a | 440 |
Garden with Flowers | Arles: c. 19 July 1888 | 512 | 1511 |
Girl in a Wood, A | The Hague: 9 September 1882 | 229 | 183 |
Girl Kneeling in Front of a Cradle | The Hague: 21-28 March 1883 | 276 | 338 |
Girl near the Stove, Grinding Coffee | The Hague: mid-January, 1882 | 170 | 91 |
Girl with Straw Hat, Sitting in the Wheat | Auvers-sur-Oise: 1 July 1890 | 646 | 2054 |
Gordina de Groot, Head | Nuenen: c. 15 May 1885 | 409 | 784 |
Group of People on the Beach with Fishing Boat Arriving | The Hague: 18 September 1882 | 231 | 205 |
Honesty in a Vase | Nuenen: c. 1 April, 1885 | 398 | 726 |
Interior with Woman Sewing | Nuenen: first half January, 1884 | 351a | 441 |
Lane of Cypresses with a Couple Walking, A | Arles: c. 21 October 1888 | 556 | 1616 |
Lane with Poplars | Nuenen: early November, 1885 | 434 | 960 |
L'Arlesienne (Madame Ginoux) | Saint-Rémy: c. 5 June 1890 | W22 | 1896 |
Little Blossoming Pear Tree | Arles: c. 13 April 1888 | 477 | 1395 |
Man in a Village Inn | The Hague: March, 1883 | 276 | 339 |
Man Pulling a Harrow | Drente: 28 October 1883 | 336 | 420 |
Man Putting Potatoes in a Sack | Etten: October, 1881 | 152 | 60 |
Memory of the Garden at Etten | Arles: c. 16 November 1888 | W9 | 1631 |
Miners in the Snow at Dawn | Cuesmes: 20 August 1880 | 134 | Juv. 10 |
Newly Mowed Lawn with Weeping Tree | Arles: 5 July 1888 | 508 | 1500 |
Nude Woman, Half-Length ("The Great Lady") | The Hague: early April, 1882 | 185 | 128 |
Old Man Reeling Yarn | Nuenen: early June, 1884 | 371 | 498 |
Old Woman Seen from Behind | The Hague: 3 March 1882 | 178 | 110 |
Orchard and House with Orange Roof | Arles: c. 21 April 1888 | 478 | 1400 |
Orphans | The Hague: 18 September 1882 | 232 | 203 |
Parsonage with Flowering Trees | Nuenen: April, 1884 | 366 | 476 |
Path to the Beach | The Hague: 29-30 July 1883 | 307 | 382 |
Peasant Burning Weeds, and Farmhouse at Night | Drente: c. 22 October 1883 | 335 | 419 |
Peasant Man and Woman Planting Potatoes | Nuenen: 9 April 1885 | 339a (postcard) | 728 |
Peasant Sitting by the Fireplace ("Worn Out") | Etten: September, 1881 | 150 | 35 |
Peasant Woman, Head | Nuenen: January-February, 1885 | 393 | 628 |
Peasant Woman, Seen against the Window, Head and Whole Figure | Nuenen: mid-March, 1885 | 396 | 713 |
Peasant Woman, Seen against the Window, Two Heads | Nuenen: mid-March, 1885 | 396 | 714 |
Peasant Woman, Two Heads | Nuenen: c. 1 April 1885 | 397 | 723 |
People in the Studio | The Hague: c. 2 March 1883 | 270 | 327 |
Ploughed Field | Arles: c. 26 September 1888 | 541a | 1587 |
Plowman with Stooping Woman, and a Little Farmhouse with Piles of Peat | Drente: November, 1883 | 339 | 422 |
Plowman with Two Women | Drente: c. 13 October 1883 | 333 | 412 |
Pollard Willow | The Hague: c. 1 August 1882 | 221 | 165 |
Potato Grubbers, Four Figures | The Hague: c. 23-28 June 1883 | 296 | 373 |
Public Garden with a Couple and a Blue Fir Tree | Arles: 13 October 1888 | 552 | 1602 |
Public Soup Kitchen, The | The Hague: c. 3 March 1883 | 271 | 328 |
Public Soup Kitchen, The | The Hague: c. 4 March 1883 | 272 | 332 |
Quay with Men Unloading Sand Barges | Arles: c. 14 August 1888 | 524 | 1557 |
Raising of Lazarus, The | Saint-Rémy: 3 May 1890 | 632 | 1973 |
Road with Men Walking, Carriage, Cypress, Star, and Crescent Moon | Saint-Rémy: c. 17 June 1890 | 643 | 1983 |
Road with Pollard Willows / Farmhouses on a Road with Trees | Etten: October, 1881 | 151 | 48 and 49 |
Road with Pollard Willows | Etten: October, 1881 | 152 | 58 |
Rooftops | The Hague: 23 July 1882 | 220 | 157 |
Round Clipped Shrub in the Public Garden | Arles: 2 October 1888 | 553b | 1584 |
Schenkweg, The | The Hague: mid-January, 1882 | 170 | 93 |
Scheveningen Woman Knitting | Etten: December, 1881 | 163 | 87 |
Scheveningen Woman Sewing | Etten: December, 1881 | 163 | 86 |
Scheveningen Woman Sewing | The Hague: 21 January 1882 | 171 | 96 |
Scheveningen Woman Standing | Etten: December, 1881 | 163 | 88 |
Sculpture and Still Life with Cabbage and Clogs | Etten: December, 1881 | 163 | 89 |
Seine with the Pont de Clichy, The | Paris: summer 1887 | 471 | 1324 |
Snowy Yard | The Hague: 21-28 March 1883 | 276 | 342 |
Sower and Trunk of an Old Yew Tree | Arles: 28 October 1888 | 558b | 1619 |
Sower with Hand in Sack | Etten: September, 1881 | 150 | 33 |
Sower with Setting Sun | Arles: c. 25 November 1888 | 558a | 1628 |
Starry Night, The | Arles: 2 October 1888 | 553b | 1594 |
State Lottery Office | The Hague: c. 1 October 1882 | 235 | 223 |
Still Life with Coffee Pot | Arles: c. 20 May 1888 | 489 | 1427 |
Stooping Woman in Landscape | Drente: c. 13 October 1883 | 333 | 414 |
Sunset Over a Meadow | The Hague: 14 August 1882 | 225 | 177 |
Tarascon Stagecoach, The | Arles: 13 October 1888 | 552 | 1606 |
Three Orchards | Arles: c. 13 April 1888 | 477 | 1393 |
Three Persons Sitting at the Window | Nuenen: early May, 1885 | 405 | 776 |
Two Peasant Women, Digging | Nuenen: second half August, 1885 | R57 | 879 |
Viaduct and the Trinquetaille Bridge, The | Arles: 13 October 1888 | 552 | 1607 |
Vincent's Bedroom in Arles | Arles: October, 1888 | 554 | 1609 |
Vincent's House | Arles: 1 May 1888 | 480 | 1413 |
Weaver Facing Left | Nuenen: first half January, 1884 | 351a | 442 |
Weed Burner, Sitting on a Wheelbarrow with his Wife / Three Persons Returning from the Potato Field | The Hague: c. 11 July 1883 | 299 | 376 and 378 |
Wheat Fields | Auvers-sur-Oise: 2 July 1890 | 646 | 2039 |
Wheat Fields | Auvers-sur-Oise: 23 July 1890 | 651 | 2100 |
Wheat Fields | Auvers-sur-Oise: 23 July 1890 | 651 | 2103 |
Wheat Harvest | Nuenen: early August, 1884 | 374 | 508 |
Woman at the Window, Knitting | The Hague: mid-January, 1882 | 170 | 92 |
Woman near a Window (twice), Man with Winnow, Sower, and Woman with Broom | Etten: September, 1881 | 150 | 28 |
Woman Reading a Novel | Arles: c. 16 November 1888 | W9 | 1633 |
Women Working in the Peat | Drente: 6-7 October 1883 | 331 | 410 |
Woody Landscape After the Rain | The Hague: 9 September 1882 | 229 | 191 |
Workman beside a Mound of Peat, and a Peat Boat with Two Figures | Drente: c. 22 October 1883 | 335 | 416 |
Nome |
Origem |
Carta |
JH |
Drawbridge with Walking Couple | Arles: c. 15 March 1888 | B2 | 1370 |
Fishing Boats at Sea, Landscape with Edge of a Road, and a Farm along a Road | Arles: 6-11 June 1888 | B6 | 1464 |
Fishing Boats on the Beach | Arles: 6-11 June 1888 | B6 | 1461 |
Orchard and House with Orange Roof | Arles: c. 21 April 1888 | B4 | 1401 |
Orchard Surrounded by Cypresses | Arles: 9 April 1888 | B3 | 1390 |
Sower with Setting Sun | Arles: c. 18 June 1888 | B7 | 1472 |
Still Life with Coffee Pot | Arles: 6-11 June 1888 | B6 | 1428 |
Street in Saintes-Maries | Arles: 6-11 June 1888 | B6 | 1463 |
Vincent's Bedroom | Arles: 17 October 1888 | B22 | 1610 |
Wheat Field with Setting Sun | Arles: c. 18 June 1888 | B7 | 1474 |
Nome |
Origem |
Carta |
JH |
Localização Atual |
Bench with Four Persons (and Baby) | The Hague: c. 12-14 September 1882 | R12 | 198 | Private collection, United States |
La Crau with Peach Trees in Bloom | Arles: c. 10 April 1889 | 583b | 1682 | Private collection |
Orchard in Bloom with View of Arles | Arles: c. 10 April 1889 | 583b | 1684 | Private collection |
Road with Pollard Willows | Etten: October, 1881 | R1 | 50 | Private collection, United States |
Sower with Setting Sun | Arles: c. 17 June 1888 | 501a | 1471 | New York, Guggenheim Museum |
Woman Digging | The Hague: c. 21 May 1883 | 275 | 337 | Private collection, Paris |
Nome |
Origem |
Carta |
JH |
Marguerite Gachet at the Piano | Auvers-sur-Oise: 28 June 1890 | 645 | 2049 |
Trees with Ivy | Saint-Rémy: 22 May 1889 | 592 | 1694 |
Death's-Head Moth | Saint-Rémy: 22 May 1889 | 592 | 1701 |
(Traduzido por Fulvio Siciliano Jr.)