Theo van Gogh (art dealer) letters Vincent wrote during his life were to Theo, including his first and his last letters. It is largely thanks to Theo and his wife that these letters are available today. Hardly any of Theo's letters remain because Vincent failed to keep them. The letters have been collected and published in book form as "The Letters of Vincent van Gogh". The relationship between the two brothers was the subject of the movie "Vincent & Theo" (1990), directed by Robert Altman. It also formed an important part of the film "Lust for Life" (1956), which was directed by Vincente Minnelli. Theo
The Letters of Vincent van Gogh letters between the brothers that is owed much of what is known today about Vincent van Gogh. Indeed, the only period where the public is relatively uninformed is the Parisian period when they shared an apartment and had no need to correspond. The letters effectively play much the same role in shedding light on the art of the period as those between the de Goncourt brothers did for literature. Theo van Gogh's wife, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, devoted many years to compiling the letters about which she wrote: "When as Theo's young wife I entered in 1889, our flat in the