One of the first people Van Gogh met in Drenthe must have been Albert Hartsuiker. He was a railway employee and owned a lodging house. Vincent rented part of his attic during his stay with him. Vincent wrote letters to his brother at the lodging house:
‘Anyway, am sitting in a large taproom like the ones in Brabant, where a woman is sitting peeling potatoes, quite an
interesting little figure…
One of the first people Van Gogh met in Drenthe must have been Albert Hartsuiker. He was a railway employee and owned a lodging house. Vincent rented part of his attic during his stay with him. Vincent wrote letters to his brother at the lodging house:
‘Anyway, am sitting in a large taproom like the ones in Brabant, where a woman is sitting peeling potatoes, quite an
interesting little figure. I’ve been talking to people here, and in a day or two I’ll take the barge and travel all the way
down the Hoogeveense Vaart through the peat bogs, right across the south-east corner of
Drenthe. Then, northwards from here it seems that there’s magnificent heathland all the way to Assen. I’m certainly curious, as you can imagine.’
