From Vincent to Theo

Nieuw Amsterdam (Netherlands) Hoogeveen, Lakenheath Amsterdam The Hague, Legend Dordrecht Etten-Leur Welwyn City from where the letters were written Isleworth, London Nuenen Anversa, Brussels size = number of letters Wasmes,.Cuesmes written from the city (+) height = nuber of words written during the year () size = nuber Auvers-sur-Oise of letters written Paris during the year (°) Year of the letter the terms extracted Saint-Rémy from the letters (*) Arles thickness of the line = number of letters | <50 51-100 >10O 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 5. 2. 4. O 4/. Vincent van Gogh moves to England to work at the London branch of Goupil & Cie 1. Legend Categories of terms (*) color = category family, affections human figure size = frequency in the letter 5/. Vincent decides to become an artist work 20 geography painting religion 10 Vincent paints Wheatfield With Crows. On July 27 he injures himself with a gun. On July 29 Vincent van Gogh money time other artists 3/0 dies in the arms of his brother. other Letters and words (+) total number of written letters () total number of written words 30 100.000 20 10 50.000 10.000 Vincent moves to Paris with Theo. The 5 most mentioned names Vincent teaches He meets Paul Gauguin in a Methodist 1. Theodorus Van Gogh (Vincent Van Gogh's father) 2. Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin (painter) boys' school Vincent meets Clasina Vincent's father dies. Vincent moves to Arles. Vincent decides to move Maria Hoornik. Paul Gauguin arrives to stay with him. asylum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence He begins to work on to the Saint-Paul-de-Mausole 3. Anna Cornelia Carbentus (Vincent Van Gogh's mother) 4. Jean-François Millet (painter) 5. Clasina Maria Hoornik She becomes his companion, Potato Eaters. After an argument with Gauguin he cuts off part mistress and model. of his ear. He is taken to the Old Hospital in Arles. (partner) Sources: The visualization shows the letters written by Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) to his brother Theodorus «Theo» (1857 - 1891) between 1873 and 1890. For each year are indicated: total number of letters, city from where the letters were written, total number of written words. The relevant terms and nouns have been extracted from each letter and the words have been grouped into 10 categories. The extractions of data were made possible thanks to the collaboration with Institute of computational linguistics "Antonio Zampolli" and ItaliaNLP Lab vangoghletters.org vggallery.com biography.com 1/. O 1. first mention last mention 0000000000 3. 000000