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A Modest Genius
Gutman, Walter | February 8, 1928 issue

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This article presents information on the book "The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, 1872-1886," translated by J. van Gogh-Bonger. To look in the letters of Vincent van Gogh to his brother for the same values one finds in the writings of Paul Cézanne is to be disappointed. While he was notable critics as well as craftmen, highly conscious of their mission, he was a very simple man, much like the average in his tastes, and extraordinarily moderate in his self-esteem. If because of this simplicity these letters yield little to the student of art, they are for that quality, and for the human drama they reveal, delightful for the general reader.

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LETTERS of Vincent Van Gogh to His Brother, The (Book); BOOKS & reading; LETTERS; ART students; LITERATURE; AUTHORS & readers
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