Vincent van gogh writes about his drawing the peat diggers to Theo van Gogh. The Hague, on or about , 30 May 1883.

My dear Theo,

This is Peat diggers in the dunes — the drawing itself is now about 1 metre by 1/2 metre.

It’s a wonderfully beautiful sight in nature, from which an infinite number of subjects can be taken. I went there often these last few weeks and have all kinds of studies of it. Rappard saw studies of it, but when he was here we didn’t know how to bring it together. This composition came about later. And once I’d finally got it all just about together, it went quite smoothly, and at 4 o’clock in the morning I was already working on it in the attic.  

 

 

 

From: Vincent van Gogh
To: Theo van Gogh
Date: The Hague, on or about Wednesday, 30 May 1883

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