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do u think van gogh was happy?

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Startled silver clown
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
lavender hot puppy indian lodge
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
Startled silver clown
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
lavender hot puppy indian lodge
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/22/26
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swashbuckling turdskin
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
cheese-eating love of her life hell
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
nofapping dashing boltzmann toilet seat
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
Irradiated electric furnace abode
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
Razzle-dazzle painfully honest church building
  02/23/26
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amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
Razzle-dazzle painfully honest church building
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
Irradiated electric furnace abode
  02/23/26
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amethyst exciting meetinghouse
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Motley outnumbered volcanic crater dingle berry
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dead property digit ratio
  02/23/26
"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
Razzle-dazzle painfully honest church building
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dead property digit ratio
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Splenetic Piazza Philosopher-king
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amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/23/26
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Irradiated electric furnace abode
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
nofapping dashing boltzmann toilet seat
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
nubile rehab
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/24/26
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Irradiated electric furnace abode
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amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/24/26
Going back for 4.4 days.
amethyst exciting meetinghouse
  02/27/26
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dead property digit ratio
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: Startled silver clown



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: lavender hot puppy indian lodge

No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inability to sell a single painting, dependent on his loving brother's largesse, struggling to realize the FEELING of his subjects, no, not happy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#28861387)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:38 PM
Author: Startled silver clown

eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was chemically imbalanced. but do u think deep down he was just like man im doing it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#28861408)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: lavender hot puppy indian lodge

He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do anything else. I'm doing this. And it's work. And I'm working. Fuck it."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#28861420)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

great op & subthread

thx

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690580)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:05 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern sense of the word, I’d probably say no, fundamentally, Vincent was not happy. But when I think about him, did I see him during his life in periods—even if fleeting—of deep fulfillment and contentment? Yes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49687988)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:42 PM
Author: swashbuckling turdskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689084)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: cheese-eating love of her life hell

was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting knowing he killed himself moments later

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49688038)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minutes walk away from the inn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49688182)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcard.jpg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49688787)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: nofapping dashing boltzmann toilet seat

Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen it. I didn’t know this detail.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690581)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn’t actively painting when he shot himself (or was shot) that evening.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690588)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Irradiated electric furnace abode

the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not

but artists rarely are, and in any case with his psychological makeup any other course of action/outcome would have been much worse

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689100)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle painfully honest church building

happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689232)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689652)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle painfully honest church building

some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum from memory-- tortured soul through and through

https://darksky.org/news/van-goghs-starry-skies/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689756)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it gave him a significant sense of stability, although he would eventually grow tired of the other patients many of whom were struggling with that much more serious issues and were unreasonable to interact with.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689967)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: Irradiated electric furnace abode

xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690120)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690571)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: Motley outnumbered volcanic crater dingle berry



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49691594)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: dead property digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689786)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle painfully honest church building

"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not to be regretted, because they are noble." -Nietzsche

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689814)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: dead property digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689832)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Splenetic Piazza Philosopher-king



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689848)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49689961)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Certainly the most popular great painter of all time. The most beloved. His command of color the most magnificent. He transformed the pain of his tormented life into ecstatic beauty. Pain is easy to portray, but to use your passion and pain to portray the ecstasy and joy and magnificence of our world … no one had ever done it before. Perhaps no one ever will again. To my mind, that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence was not only the world’s greatest artist, but also one of the greatest men who ever lived.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690576)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 5:53 AM
Author: Irradiated electric furnace abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49691005)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: nofapping dashing boltzmann toilet seat

Fuck no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49690579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 6:01 AM
Author: nubile rehab

Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/365?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49691006)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this new exhibit we’ve put together, exploring Vincent’s evocative use of yellow throughout his art:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/19/arts/design/van-gogh-museum-yellow.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49691244)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Irradiated electric furnace abode



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49691579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49693195)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: amethyst exciting meetinghouse

Going back for 4.4 days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49699806)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:42 PM
Author: dead property digit ratio



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2...id.#49699814)