r/dostoevsky

I came across this letter from Van Gogh to his brother in 1888 that mentions Dostoevsky:

"The idea of the sower still continues to haunt me. Exaggerated studies like the sower, like the night café now, usually seem to me atrociously ugly and bad, but when I’m moved by something, as here by this little article on Dostoevsky, then they’re the only ones that seem to me to have a more important meaning."

The "little article" he referred to was Jules Prével’s “Courrier des théâtres,” published in Le Figaro on September 8th, 1888, announcing the stage adaptation of Crime and Punishment at the Odéon in Paris. The article recounted Dostoevsky's life story.

I've posted the two paintings that he references (Sower with Setting Sun and The Night Café).

Dyumn it just gets better and better atp I can't put it down 😭 I'm loving it (pls ignore the tag - I use em as bookmarks )

What should I be prepared for next ??