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do u think van gogh was happy?

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Fragrant corner fortuitous meteor
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
white station
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
Fragrant corner fortuitous meteor
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
white station
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
big ungodly brunch
  02/22/26
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cerebral bawdyhouse
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
Comical Embarrassed To The Bone Mood Rigpig
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
big ungodly brunch
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
red cruise ship
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
Racy tantric hell associate
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
Insanely creepy death wish
  02/23/26
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big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
Insanely creepy death wish
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
Racy tantric hell associate
  02/23/26
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big ungodly brunch
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Haunting Dull Affirmative Action Dilemma
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mahogany parlor
  02/23/26
"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
Insanely creepy death wish
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mahogany parlor
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adulterous lodge
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big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
big ungodly brunch
  02/23/26
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Racy tantric hell associate
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
red cruise ship
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
House-broken Party Of The First Part
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
big ungodly brunch
  02/24/26
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Racy tantric hell associate
  02/24/26
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big ungodly brunch
  02/24/26
Going back for 4.4 days.
vonoskar
  02/27/26
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zarathustra
  02/27/26


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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: Fragrant corner fortuitous meteor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#28861372)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: white station

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#28861387)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:38 PM
Author: Fragrant corner fortuitous meteor

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#28861408)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: white station

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#28861420)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch

great op & subthread

thx

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690580)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:05 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49687988)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:42 PM
Author: cerebral bawdyhouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689084)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: Comical Embarrassed To The Bone Mood Rigpig

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49688038)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49688182)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: big ungodly brunch

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49688787)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: red cruise ship

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690581)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690588)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Racy tantric hell associate

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689100)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: Insanely creepy death wish

happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689232)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689652)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: Insanely creepy death wish

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689756)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689967)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: Racy tantric hell associate

xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690120)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690571)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: Haunting Dull Affirmative Action Dilemma



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49691594)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: mahogany parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689786)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: Insanely creepy death wish

"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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689814)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: mahogany parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689832)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: adulterous lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689848)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689961)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch

“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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690576)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 5:53 AM
Author: Racy tantric hell associate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49691005)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: red cruise ship

Fuck no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49690579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 6:01 AM
Author: House-broken Party Of The First Part

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49691006)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: big ungodly brunch

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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49691244)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Racy tantric hell associate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49691579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: big ungodly brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49693195)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: vonoskar

Going back for 4.4 days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49699806)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:42 PM
Author: zarathustra



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310880#49699814)