http://www.vangoghsblog.com/the-poor-and-money/ Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:19:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.vangoghsblog.com/the-poor-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Rainy and chilly but full of atmosphere - 22 October 1882, The Hague — Van Gogh Blog Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:02:30 +0000 http://www.vangoghsblog.com/?p=22#comment-52 [...] been able to do some more to the large watercolour of the crowd of people in front of the lottery office, and I’ve also just started another of the beach, of which this is the [...] [...] been able to do some more to the large watercolour of the crowd of people in front of the lottery office, and I’ve also just started another of the beach, of which this is the [...]

]]> http://www.vangoghsblog.com/the-poor-and-money/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Caro Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:16:09 +0000 http://www.vangoghsblog.com/?p=22#comment-2 It's interesting to see parallels between Vincent's time and ours. Many people still queue patiently to buy lottery tickets in the hope to become overnight millionaires, or at least able to pay off loans. Vincent's empathy with the poor really comes across to us here. It’s interesting to see parallels between Vincent’s time and ours. Many people still queue patiently to buy lottery tickets in the hope to become overnight millionaires, or at least able to pay off loans. Vincent’s empathy with the poor really comes across to us here.

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