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do u think van gogh was happy?

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Talented famous landscape painting dilemma
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
Drunken Stimulating Nursing Home Circlehead
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
Talented famous landscape painting dilemma
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
Drunken Stimulating Nursing Home Circlehead
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/22/26
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Crystalline irradiated kitty abode
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
autistic disgusting crotch cumskin
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
purple friendly grandma
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
Vermilion weed whacker principal's office
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
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histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
saffron exhilarant tattoo property
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
histrionic rough-skinned range
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
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"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
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histrionic rough-skinned range
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“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
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Vermilion weed whacker principal's office
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
purple friendly grandma
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
Chocolate Windowlicker
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
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histrionic rough-skinned range
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Going back for 4.4 days.
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: Talented famous landscape painting dilemma



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: Drunken Stimulating Nursing Home Circlehead

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: Talented famous landscape painting dilemma

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: Drunken Stimulating Nursing Home Circlehead

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: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: Crystalline irradiated kitty abode



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: autistic disgusting crotch cumskin

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: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: histrionic rough-skinned range

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

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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: purple friendly grandma

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: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: Vermilion weed whacker principal's office

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: saffron exhilarant tattoo property

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: histrionic rough-skinned range



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: saffron exhilarant tattoo 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\u0026mark_id=5310880#49689756)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: Vermilion weed whacker principal's office

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: histrionic rough-skinned range



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: Diverse High-end Alpha Space



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: vibrant doobsian foreskin fanboi



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: saffron exhilarant tattoo property

"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: vibrant doobsian foreskin fanboi



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: Frisky kitty cat



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: histrionic rough-skinned range



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: histrionic rough-skinned range

“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: Vermilion weed whacker principal's office



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: purple friendly grandma

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: Chocolate Windowlicker

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: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: Vermilion weed whacker principal's office



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: histrionic rough-skinned range



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: histrionic rough-skinned range

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: vibrant doobsian foreskin fanboi



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