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 Anthon van Rappard. 1881 April: moves back to Etten and draws. April 17: meets Theo. Mid-June: Rappard on visit in Etten. Summer: Kee Vos Stricker spends some time in Etten with Vincent's parents. Vincent falls in love with her. August 23–26: trip to The Hague; he visits Anton Mauve and Théophile de Bock, sees some exhibitions and the recently opened Panorama Mesdag. late November: writes letter to Uncle Stricker, and within a couple of days goes to Amsterdam in person himself. ?: arrives in Amsterdam and demands to see Kee but she avoids him; aunt and uncle Stricker accompany him to a good and cheap lodging, where he stays for some days. November 27 or December 4: "Sunday evening" at about 7 o'clock, he arrives in The Hague to stay with Anton Mauve for some time. Mauve encourages him to work in oils and watercolours. December 19: Vincent is still in The Hague and unable to leave, as he is short of money. A few days later he is back to Etten, and confesses that recently—evidently for the first time in his life—he sought the ministrations of a back-street girl. December 25: On Christmas Day, Vincent quarrels with his father, who had tried to force him to assist the Christmas service, and leaves for The Hague. 1882 January: moves into a small studio, Schenkweg 138. mid to late January: meets Clasina Maria Hoornik ("Sien") and sets up a domestic relationship with her. June 7: admitted to municipal hospital to be treated for gonorrhea. July 1: leaves the hospital; in the next days he moves next door into a larger studio, Schenkweg 136 (since 1884: Schenkstraat 13). July 2: Sien gives birth to a baby boy, who is given the name Willem. August: