Letter to Émile Bernard | Paul Gauguin, 1888-90
Émile Bernard, Self-Portrait with Portrait of Gauguin, 1888 Emile Bernard, Caricature of Paul Gauguin, 1889 ...
Manuscripts and letters
I used to go to bed early / Swann’s Way | Marcel Proust
For a long time I used to go to bed early. Sometimes, when I had put out my candle, my...
Postcards | Franz Marc (1913)
Three Horses in Landscape with Houses, 1913, from Franz Marc in Sinseldorf to Paul Klee in Munich, 8 November 1913 Two...
A Day at the Acropolis | Gregory Corso, Athens 1959
Gregory in front of the Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens 1959 James Burke / LIFE Gregory in front of the...
Letter To Youki | Robert Desnos (1944)
Robert Desnos with Youki (Lucie Badoud) who was his second great love. Youki was married to Foujita when she first met Desnos...
Days [ ) The Beginning of the Summer | Franz Kafka to Max Brod, 1904
To Max Brod Prague, August 28, 1904 It is so easy to be cheerful at the beginning of summer. One...
The private secretary of Auguste Rodin | Rainer Maria Rilke, 1902
In the summer of 1902, Rainer Maria Rilke left his wife, Clara, and daughter, Ruth, and went to Paris, where...
On [:] Notebook | Samuel Beckett, 1951
Samuel Beckett’s notebook ''I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him....
Letter from Jail | Chet Baker, Lucca, Italy, 1960
When he was in Lucca, Chet Baker always stayed at the Hotel Universo, room 15 where, sitting on the windowsill, he would...
Songs Without Words | Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn, 1805-47
Felix and Fanny MendelssohnFanny Mendelssohn (1805-47) A number of her songs were originally published under her brother, Felix Mendelssohn's, name...