The Letters of Vincent van Gogh van Gogh had completed his second group of "Sunflower" paintings, amongst his most iconic paintings, two of which decorated Gauguin's room, as well as his famous painting "The Yellow House" depicting the house they shared. The letter is unique in being a joint letter from the two, and can be read in both the original French and an English translation at the website of the Van Gogh Museum's edition of the letters. In it they discuss, amongst other matters, their plans to form an artists' commune, possibly abroad. In reality their relationship was always fraught, and by the end of
Early works of Vincent van Gogh be reminiscent for Van Gogh of the times in his youth he fled to the Zundert Woods to escape from his family. In November 1882 Van Gogh began drawings of individuals to depict a range of character types from the working class, "Worn Out" was one of the series. The works were drawn in a black in an angular style. On November 24, 1882 Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo of Adrianus Zuyderland, the man who posed for "Worn Out" (F997), "What a fine sight an old working man makes, in his patched bombazine suit with his bald head".