Van Gogh's Letters
You could read all of Vincent van Gogh's letters in the new 6-volume edition which retails at $600....or you could read them all for free online at vangoghletters.org. There's even a free iPhone app for people who inexplicably need to access van Gogh's correspondence at all times.
Many of the letters include sketches, like this one to his brother:
"It’s still autumnal weather here — rainy and chilly, but full of atmosphere — especially good for figures, which show a range of tones on the wet streets and roads in which the sky is reflected. It’s what Mauve, above all, does so beautifully time and again.
As a result I’ve 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 composition."
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