Vincent van Gogh: A Life in Letters is a new anthology featuring Vincent van Gogh’s greatest 76 letters, published by Thames & Hudson. These modern-day letters show how the profound value of ‘old-fashioned’ writing, receiving and keeping still applies today. They were sent from countries including Kosovo, the US and Israel, and addressing lost love, reclaimed friendship and lots more. The finest submitted letters are on display in the exhibition. People from all around the world were invited to submit their dearest letters, offering them the chance to have their letters exhibited next to Van Gogh’s. The letters are fragile, and therefore only rarely go on display. The Van Gogh Museum is home to the majority – more than 800 – of Vincent van Gogh’s letters, most of which he wrote to his brother Theo.
The exhibition ‘Your loving Vincent’: Van Gogh’s Greatest Letters features a selection of his best letters, displayed alongside world-famous paintings and drawings by Vincent van Gogh such as The Bedroom, The Potato Eaters and The Sower. When reading these letters, it is almost as if you are looking over the shoulder of the artist and witnessing his artworks come to life. He also wrote about his ambitions as an artist, and often added sketches to his letters of pieces he was working on, or of works that he had recently finished. He wrote compelling letters about all aspects of his life: his dreams and disappointments, his love life, friendships and arguments, and about his battle with his illness. Vincent van Gogh was not only a talented artist but also an avid letter writer.
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