1881

Spring: Vincent goes to Etten to see Theo, and they discuss his future as an artist. He stays in Etten, drawing landscapes.

Summer: Vincent falls in love with his recently widowed cousin ' Kee' Vos-Stricher, who is staying in Eten with her son. She returns to Amsterdam earlier than planned.

Autumn: Vincent goes to Amsterdam to propose to kee, but she does not even allow him to call. Vincent holds a hand in a candleflame to prove to her parents how serious he is.

November-December. First oil and watercolor still lifes. Relations with his parents are strained because he is still obsessed with Kee and his religious views are extreme. At Christmas he has a violent quarrel with his father. He even rejects his father's gift of money and leave Etten.

1882

January:
Vincent moves to The Hague, living near Mauve, who give him painting tuition and lends him money. Theo continues to send 100-200 guldens per month. Vincent's relations with Mauve cool off, partly because he refuses to work from plaster models. He meets Clasina Maria Hoornik ( Known as Sien), an alcoholic prostitute, who is pregnant. He looks after her, and she occasionally sits for him.

March:
Though his admiration is undiminished, vincent severs his links with Mauve. He does a good deal of drawing from Nature. Apart from Sien, most of his models come from poor districts.

June:
Hospital, to be cured of gonorrhoea. His father visits him . Vincent wants to marry Sien, though his family and friends advise against it. He takes her to Leiden to give birth, and looks for a flat for a family of four.

Summer:
Discovers the attraction of oils and begins to examine the problems of color. Theo pays for his painting materials. Their father accepts a living at Nuenen and moves there with his family.

Autumn:


For the rest of the year ( and througfh to summer 1883) Vincent stays in The Hague, drawing and painting landscapes from Nature. During the winter he does sketches and portraits of ordinary people.


( To be continued)




Questions:

1.Will you be crazy if you were Vincent's father ? What will you do to communicate with Vincent ?


2. What is love ? How can Vincent turn his love from his cousin to Sien in such short time ?


3.What will you do when you are asked to give advice or support from a brother or friend just like Vincent?

4.Is there anyone who wants to analyze Vincent's 8 word ?
Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853.

Lessons learn:

1. Learn to see people from different perspective
A great artist can be a terrible son or crazy lover.
2.Don't be obsessed with someone who can do something particularly well.