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
Japonaiserie (Van Gogh) and his brother Theo dealt in these prints, and they eventually amassed hundreds of them, now housed in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. In a letter to Theo dated about 5 June 1888 Vincent remarks A month later he wrote, Van Gogh's interest in Japanese "ukiyo-e" prints dates from his time in Antwerp when he was also immersing himself in Delacroix's theory of colour and where he used them to decorate his studio. During his subsequent stay in Paris, where "Japonisme" had become a fashion influencing the work of the Impressionists, he began to collect "ukiyo-e" prints and eventually to