“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”

—  Vincent Van Gogh

In his letter to Theo, from The Hague, 22 October 1882, http://www.webexhibits.org/vangogh/letter/11/237.htm
1880s, 1882

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Dutch post-Impressionist painter (1853-1890) 1853–1890

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