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do u think van gogh was happy?

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contagious plum hospital
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
orchid lodge
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
contagious plum hospital
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
orchid lodge
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/22/26
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Exciting chestnut hominid
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
Flickering hall
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
thirsty excitant church building coffee pot
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
Talking preventive strike
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
abnormal canary lettuce corner
  02/23/26
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erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
abnormal canary lettuce corner
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
Talking preventive strike
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erotic wonderful tattoo
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beta khaki prole
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Lascivious location
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"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
abnormal canary lettuce corner
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erotic wonderful tattoo
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“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
erotic wonderful tattoo
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Talking preventive strike
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
thirsty excitant church building coffee pot
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
Hairraiser Station Antidepressant Drug
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
erotic wonderful tattoo
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Talking preventive strike
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erotic wonderful tattoo
  02/24/26
Going back for 4.4 days.
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Lascivious location
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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: contagious plum hospital



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: orchid 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\u0026mark_id=5310906#28861387)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:38 PM
Author: contagious plum hospital

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=5310906#28861408)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: orchid 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\u0026mark_id=5310906#28861420)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

great op & subthread

thx

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49690580)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:05 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

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=5310906#49687988)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:42 PM
Author: Exciting chestnut hominid



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: Flickering hall

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=5310906#49688038)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

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=5310906#49688182)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49688787)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: thirsty excitant church building coffee pot

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=5310906#49690581)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

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=5310906#49690588)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Talking preventive strike

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=5310906#49689100)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: abnormal canary lettuce corner

happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49689232)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49689652)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: abnormal canary lettuce corner

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=5310906#49689756)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

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=5310906#49689967)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: Talking preventive strike

xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49690120)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49690571)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: beta khaki prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49691594)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: Lascivious location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49689786)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: abnormal canary lettuce corner

"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=5310906#49689814)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: Lascivious location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49689832)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: slimy smoky coldplay fan



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49689848)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49689961)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

“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=5310906#49690576)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 5:53 AM
Author: Talking preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49691005)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: thirsty excitant church building coffee pot

Fuck no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49690579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 6:01 AM
Author: Hairraiser Station Antidepressant Drug

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=5310906#49691006)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

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=5310906#49691244)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: Talking preventive strike



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49691579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49693195)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: erotic wonderful tattoo

Going back for 4.4 days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49699806)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:42 PM
Author: Lascivious location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310906#49699814)