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do u think van gogh was happy?

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Laughsome obsidian principal's office
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
aphrodisiac shaky indian lodge sweet tailpipe
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
Laughsome obsidian principal's office
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
aphrodisiac shaky indian lodge sweet tailpipe
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/22/26
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heady vengeful gas station dingle berry
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
Mustard background story
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
Frisky mewling stock car space
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
effete bearded site boltzmann
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
slippery marvelous becky property
  02/23/26
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Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
slippery marvelous becky property
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
effete bearded site boltzmann
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Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
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Honey-headed boyish tanning salon brethren
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stimulating alcoholic depressive generalized bond
  02/23/26
"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
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Fiercely-loyal Yarmulke Piazza
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Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/23/26
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effete bearded site boltzmann
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
Frisky mewling stock car space
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
Electric flesh home
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
  02/24/26
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effete bearded site boltzmann
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Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace
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Going back for 4.4 days.
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stimulating alcoholic depressive generalized bond
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: Laughsome obsidian principal's office



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: aphrodisiac shaky indian lodge sweet tailpipe

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: Laughsome obsidian principal's office

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

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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: aphrodisiac shaky indian lodge sweet tailpipe

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: heady vengeful gas station dingle berry



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: Mustard background story

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Frisky mewling stock car space

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: effete bearded site boltzmann

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: slippery marvelous becky property

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: slippery marvelous becky property

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: effete bearded site boltzmann

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: Honey-headed boyish tanning salon brethren



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: stimulating alcoholic depressive generalized bond



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: slippery marvelous becky property

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: stimulating alcoholic depressive generalized bond



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Fiercely-loyal Yarmulke Piazza



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

“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: effete bearded site boltzmann



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Frisky mewling stock car space

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: Electric flesh home

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: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: effete bearded site boltzmann



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: Twinkling Mind-boggling Field Electric Furnace

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: stimulating alcoholic depressive generalized bond



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