Dear Theo

Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) was a Dutch post-Impressionist painter whose work, notable for its rough beauty, emotional honesty, and bold color, had a far-reaching influence on twentieth-century art. Van Gogh spent his early adulthood working for a firm of art dealers, traveling between The Hague, London, and Paris, after which he taught for a time in England. He painted his first major work, The Potato Eaters, in 1885, and after moving to the south of France, he developed the unique and highly recognizable style that became fully realized by 1888. Although he painted around nine hundred works in ten years, he was plagued by bouts of mental illness and ultimately took his own life in 1890.

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Clive Chafer is a professional actor, director and producer, as well  as theatre instructor. Originally from England, he has performed and directed at many theatres in the San Francisco area, where he makes his home, and elsewhere in the U.S. In 1993, he founded TheatreFIRST, Oakland's professional theatre company, where he served as artistic director until 2008. Educated at Leeds and Exeter Universities in the U.K., Clive is also a linguist and naming consultant. He loves to travel and take photographs of stunning sunsets in exotic places.