Theo van Gogh

…precipitately in 1886 to join Theo van Gogh in Paris. There, still concerned with improving his drawing, Vincent van Gogh met Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Paul Gauguin, and others who were to play historic roles in modern art. They opened his eyes to the latest developments in French painting. At the…

…not only to his brother, Theo, but to a fellow painter, Émile Bernard, and to his sister, Willemien. In a letter addressed to the latter, he alleged that night was more colorful than day and that stars were more than simple white dots on black, instead appearing yellow, pink, or…