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do u think van gogh was happy?

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supple tanning salon mad cow disease
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
chocolate violent brunch yarmulke
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
supple tanning salon mad cow disease
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
chocolate violent brunch yarmulke
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/22/26
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Multi-colored location
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
dun station
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
Irate blathering theatre jew
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
galvanic blue national security agency locale
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
electric lemon house dysfunction
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thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
electric lemon house dysfunction
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
galvanic blue national security agency locale
  02/23/26
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thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
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Trip mediation mood
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appetizing sanctuary azn
  02/23/26
"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
electric lemon house dysfunction
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appetizing sanctuary azn
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Nighttime State
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thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/23/26
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galvanic blue national security agency locale
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
Irate blathering theatre jew
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
dashing self-centered becky
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
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galvanic blue national security agency locale
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thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
  02/24/26
Going back for 4.4 days.
thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena
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appetizing sanctuary azn
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: supple tanning salon mad cow disease



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: chocolate violent brunch yarmulke

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.

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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:38 PM
Author: supple tanning salon mad cow disease

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: chocolate violent brunch yarmulke

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."

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

great op & subthread

thx

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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:05 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

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.

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:42 PM
Author: Multi-colored location



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: dun station

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

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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Irate blathering theatre jew

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: galvanic blue national security agency locale

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: electric lemon house dysfunction

happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: electric lemon house dysfunction

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/

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

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.

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: galvanic blue national security agency locale

xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: Trip mediation mood



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: appetizing sanctuary azn



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: electric lemon house dysfunction

"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: appetizing sanctuary azn



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Nighttime State



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

“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.”

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Date: February 24th, 2026 5:53 AM
Author: galvanic blue national security agency locale



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Irate blathering theatre jew

Fuck no.

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Date: February 24th, 2026 6:01 AM
Author: dashing self-centered becky

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

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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

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

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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: galvanic blue national security agency locale



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: thriller famous landscape painting striped hyena

Going back for 4.4 days.

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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:42 PM
Author: appetizing sanctuary azn



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