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He wants me to do his portrait

This place is beautiful. It tempts me to paint, and the work goes well. Besides portraits...

Lust for Life • 1956

Vincent Van Gogh:

[in letter]
Dear Theo, I've seen Doctor Gachet. He's a pleasant man and he has some good paintings in his house. He wants me to do his portrait. But as for his helping me, I'm afraid we mustn't hope for too much. When the blind lead the blind, don't they both fall in the ditch? Gachet is right about one thing: this place is beautiful. It tempts me to paint, and the work goes well. Besides portraits I've been doing some landscapes. I have a feeling of being sure of my brush than ever before. So, I work in haste from day to day; as a miner does knowing he's facing disaster

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Even though it's been almost a year

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Vincent

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One doesn't measure such things in weeks and months Vincent

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No of course not See I only meant that

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I was gonna write to you Cousin Kay but I'm not very good at those things

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and then so much time went by that I

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Jan's being very quiet I hope he's not getting up to any mischief

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Excuse me

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Vincent really Couldn't you see how she felt

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You know how it was with her and Vos

Duration

36 seconds

Views

1,231

Timestamp in Movie

00:22:10

Uploaded

Nov 04, 2022

Genres

biography, drama

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Movie Summary

The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.

Actors

Vincent Van Gogh