Vincent: February 10, 1889
Vincent is in the hospital again, only this time it’s his mind that’s wounded. Three days ago some of the neighbours panicked because he was acting so strangely. They’re fed up with his drinking and whoring.
They actually sent a petition around begging the authorities to have him put away. Fou roux, they called him, the red-headed madman. The police even ordered the Yellow House closed because they felt it was an unhealthy place. Vincent said he was hearing voices and wondered if someone was trying to poison him.
Dr Rey is treating him and says he’s now mostly quite calm. The painter Paul Signac, who was travelling to Cassis and who long ago convinced Vincent to try pointillism, which was after all such a big influence on him, has been to visit and found him in good cheer under the circumstances.
April 1989
L enjoyed your post called Salons: Man Ray in the Hen House (Aug 2006) but that is quite old now. Have you returned to the subjects of Salons since? Have you found any other blogger interested in Salons? I have not, alas.
I’ve created a link between your post on the subject with mine - many thanks.
Hels
Melbourne
http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/
Hi, Hels, and thank you for the link. Your blog is great — I enjoyed reading through it — but unfortunately I’ve seen nothing further along those lines since. If I do I’ll get the word out to Melbourne!