{"id":1912,"date":"2017-04-06T20:58:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T02:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/small-vase.flywheelsites.com\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2017-04-24T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:19:05","slug":"vincent-van-gogh-the-art-dealer-part-1-the-hague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.vangoghgallery.com\/index.php\/en\/2017\/04\/06\/vincent-van-gogh-the-art-dealer-part-1-the-hague\/","title":{"rendered":"Vincent van Gogh, the Art Dealer (Part 1, The Hague)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent van Gogh did not start out as an artist. \u00a0In fact, he had three attempts at different careers before he started his fabled work. \u00a0A previous <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.vangoghgallery.com\/index.php\/2016\/11\/21\/vincent-van-gogh-and-goupil-cie\/\">post<\/a> about Van Gogh\u2019s employment at Goupil and Cie, a prominent art dealership of the time, gives a good overview about his time there and about the company. \u00a0The post today is an in-depth look at how he lived during his time as an art dealer, what his impressions were of his life.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost, as a young man of the time, Vincent van Gogh lived in a boarding house. \u00a0Unmarried men usually let out a room in a boarding house where basic household services were provided, such as laundry and morning and evening meals. \u00a0As Van Gogh started his career as a clerk for Goupil and Cie in their branch at the Hague at age sixteen in 1869, it was no wonder that he needed a place to provide basic living necessities. \u00a0Due to his family\u2019s limited funds, it was necessary for him to find work to lessen the burden on the main household. \u00a0His younger brother Theo eventually joined Vincent at Goupil an<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1913 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.vangoghgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/View-of-The-Hague-with-the-New-Church-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"View of The Hague with the New Church\" 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him. \u00a0Although retired from the art dealer business, Uncle Cent still had a financial hold in Goupil and Cie and used it to bring Vincent and Theo into the business. \u00a0Vincent van Gogh also grew close to the Hague branch\u2019s manager, Herman Tersteeg.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, Vincent was happy with his work. \u00a0In the first few letters he sent to Theo, he continually reassured Theo that he would grow accustomed to life as a working man and repeated that he was happy that they both worked for the same company. \u00a0His exact words in the third letter are, \u201cI\u2019m really very happy that you\u2019re also part of this firm. \u00a0It\u2019s such a fine firm, the longer one is part of it the more enthusiastic one becomes. \u00a0The beginning is perhaps more difficult than in other jobs, but keep your chin up and you\u2019ll get along\u201d (letter 3). \u00a0Granted, Vincent had just received a promotion and a bonus, but the encouraging tone was common when he wrote about work to his brother. \u00a0Many of his letters list what he had found for clients, what art was in demand. \u00a0He often asked Theo about how he found his work, what parts he liked.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, at an earlier part of the letter Van Gogh mentions that he would be self-supporting as his wages increased to 50 guilders (the currency of the Netherlands) a month. \u00a0Until then, it wouldn\u2019t have been unusual for his parents to send him some money to help him get by; it was cheaper than still having him live at home with them. \u00a0More money allowed him to relieve his parents of some financial burden and become a man in the eyes of society. \u00a0At least as much of a man as anyone can be at the age of twenty.<\/p>\n<p>Around March of 1873, Vincent received notice that he would be given another promotion and a transfer to the London office. \u00a0While the idea excited him, he admitted that he would miss the Hague and its surroundings. \u00a0In the subsequent letters, Van Gogh mentioned several concerns about money being an issue as the cost of living in London was higher than the Hague. \u00a0He worried that he wouldn\u2019t be able to find a boarding house, that he would have to let rooms and take care of all the duties of a household by himself.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Guardar<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vincent van Gogh did not start out as an artist. \u00a0In fact, he had three attempts at different careers before he started his fabled work. \u00a0A previous post about Van Gogh\u2019s employment at Goupil and Cie, a prominent art dealership of the time, gives a good overview about his time there and 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