1880
- Spring ???: stays with family at Etten
- March 11: Vincent is still with his parents.
- mid March ???: when father tries to put him to an asylum (Gheel), he escapes to Cuesmes.
- end March ???: Vincent sets out on a second walk to find employment in the Borinage; in the end he walks to Courrières and goes to visit Jules Breton, but doesn't have the nerve to enter the property.
- April 16: Abraham van der Waeyen Pieterszen dies in Maria-Horebeke.
- first days of July: a while after his return to Cuesmes, Vincent learns that money recently sent by his parents was in fact from Theo; thanking him for his support, Vincent tries to explain his present situation; he is staying with Ch. Decrucq, Rue du Pavillon 8, Cuesmes. Theo forwarded this letter to the parents who commented on July 5.
- August 20: takes up correspondence with Theo again.
- September: works after Charles Bargue's platework (Cours de dessin), which he got on loan from Tersteeg, head of Goupil & Cie in The Hague.
- October: moves to Brussels, takes the advice of Willem Roelofs and enrolls in a beginners art course at the Academy; as suggested by Theo, he meets Rappard.
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