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Facsimile of a Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Émile Bernard, 18 March 1888 – Historical Document Canvas Print
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Written on 18 March 1888 shortly after Van Gogh's arrival in Arles, Facsimile of a Letter from Vincent van Gogh to Émile Bernard preserves an intimate page of correspondence between the artist and his young Parisian friend. The letter shows Van Gogh's characteristically rushed, expressive handwriting interspersed with quick ink sketches — a window into his thinking at the very moment he was discovering Provence. The exchanges with Bernard formed one of the most important artistic dialogues of his life, full of theory, ambition, and warmth. The facsimile stands as a moving document of friendship and creative purpose at the threshold of his greatest period.