Van Gogh letters digitized and made available to the public
By Paul Biba
As an Art History major (Columbia ‘66) I just had to report on this. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam has digitized all the letters written and received by Van Gogh.
This is a completely new edition that includes finds made since the earlier 1952-54 edition. The new edition is directed towards an international readership so there, along with the original Dutch texts, is a new English translation as well. This translation took a team of 5 translators and an editor.
I’m afraid that I have a lot of reading ahead of me. There is also a 6 volume book edition which contains over 4,300 illustrations – every work to which Van Gogh is reproduced. Amazon US has it available for pre-order at US$ 480. I’ll read it online.
October 12th, 2009 at 8:18 am
an a van gogh-phile, i had to comment, too. i just finished reading the 3-volume set, and this blows my mind and makes me so happy. and searchable? SWOON.