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Henri Matisse, Letter to André Rouveyre, 1943.
“Rather than use another piece of costly paper, Austen would turn the page sideways and continue writing at right angles...”
Cross hatched letter by Jane Austen. Learn about her letter writing process here.
-van Gogh, Vincent. Letter to Theo van Gogh. 9 Sept. 1882.
Looking at Vilhelm Hammershøi’s Ida Reading a Letter, one begins to understand the oft-drawn comparison of Hammershøi to Vermeer.
Hammershøi’s deliberately (almost oppresively) warped perspective and his muted indistinctness seem very much to belie it.
However, the clear but dim white light, the precisely-placed highlights on the metal doorknobs, the hazy features of the subject, and even the composition—with the woman intently focused on her letter, divided from the viewer by a table—all reveal Vermeer’s influence.
ALFRED STIEGLITZ / GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
postage stamp
Vincent van Gogh
letter to Emile Bernard, 9 April 1888
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