ook up his abode in the studio, where he stayed from May to November.”(Pg. 63, Roskill). He had a couple of arguments with his family and so he secluded himself from them by staying in his studio for three months. Lastly, to show that Vincent van Gogh failed to have a fruitful relationship with his family was that he could not even maintain a healthy relationship with his brother, who is the only one who understands Vincent the most, “I only ask him one thing, to do me no harm and by his stay- he does so, for I can hardly bear it ”(68). His brother could not stand him any longer, and his staying longer only irritated Theo more. Vincent van Gogh simply never had a completely stable relationship with his family. Though they had tried to help him much and show their love for him, he became more and more distant from them. Vincent van Gogh had failed in getting along with people in society, failed in having a stable relationship with his family and finally failed in having any type of successful love relationship. Throughout his life there were a number of accounts of van Gogh attempting to establish love relationships with a number of women who entered into his life. One love interest that came early in his life was a woman by the name of Ursula. Ursula was the daughter of Mrs. Loyer, who was the owner of a home in London, which Vincent had lived in when he working for his uncle. It is claimed by Vincent’s stepsister that Vincent had lived his happiest years of his life in London. As time went by Vincent grew fonder of Ursula and decided to express his love for her: “he intends to visit Holland in July and before that time seems to have spoken to Ursula of his love.” But he is too late in his pursuit for Ursula: “Alas it turns out that she is already engaged to somebody, who boarded with them before Vincent came. He tries all his influences to make her break this engagement but does ...
