Interpretive Resource
Activity: "Dear Theo"
A creative writing exercise in which you imagine being Vincent van Gogh and write to your brother Theo about your latest painting.
Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Education Department: Teacher Programs. Unpublished material, Teacher Resource Center files.
Related Artworks
- A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage, c. 1885
- Fishing in Spring, the Pont de Clichy (Asnières), 1887
- Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples, 1887
- Madame Roulin Rocking the Cradle (La Berceuse), 1889
- Self-Portrait, 1887
- Terrace and Observation Deck at the Moulin de Blute-Fin, Montmartre, early 1887
- The Bedroom, 1889
- The Drinkers, 1890
- The Poet's Garden, 1888
