In the letter, which is dated to November 1st or 2nd 1888, the artists name their works a “great renaissance of art”. Also Gauguin writes of Van Gogh as “easy to impress and ditto to be indulgent”. Furthermore, in Bristol, UK a statue of Edward Colston was thrown into the harbor in outrage. Edward Colston was an notorious slave trader who made his fortune via the suffering of others. The people of Bristol had been outraged that a man like this was celebrated through a statue. Further underlining the purpose was the scene on the Russian Pavilion, which remained shuttered for the show’s full run.…
