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do u think van gogh was happy?

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Honey-headed circlehead
  09/29/15
No. Troubled by fits of insanity, frustrated by his inabili...
dashing nursing home associate
  09/29/15
eh, but ur saying he was frustrated, he was troubled, he was...
Honey-headed circlehead
  09/29/15
He was absolutely like "man I'm doing it. I cant do an...
dashing nursing home associate
  09/29/15
great op & subthread thx
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
This is an interesting and complex question. In the modern s...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/22/26
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Bespoke lemon rigpig
  02/23/26
was a bit emotional standing in front of his last painting k...
overrated ticket booth national security agency
  02/22/26
He was painting Tree Roots that morning just a couple minute...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/22/26
https://www.vincentvangogh.org/assets/img/tree-roots-postcar...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
Is this true? I’ve been the Van Gogh Museum and seen i...
Rusted dead abode crotch
  02/23/26
It’s not. He worked on Roots that morning but he wasn&...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
the cheesy smiling sense, absolutely not but artists rare...
opaque slippery step-uncle's house
  02/23/26
happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life
naked slate dog poop
  02/23/26
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swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
some of his greatest works were painted inside an asylum fro...
naked slate dog poop
  02/23/26
When he was in the asylum, counterintuitively perhaps, it ga...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him
opaque slippery step-uncle's house
  02/23/26
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swashbuckling queen of the night
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charismatic silver resort foreskin
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diverse sandwich business firm
  02/23/26
"Great men suffer greatly, and great sufferings are not...
naked slate dog poop
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diverse sandwich business firm
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fragrant main people new version
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swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
“To me, van Gogh is the finest painter of them all. Ce...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/23/26
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opaque slippery step-uncle's house
  02/24/26
Fuck no.
Rusted dead abode crotch
  02/23/26
Wasnt his whole schtick that he was abjectly miserable 24/7/...
Adventurous effete hunting ground
  02/24/26
If you’re in Amsterdam this spring, please enjoy this ...
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/24/26
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opaque slippery step-uncle's house
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swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/24/26
Going back for 4.4 days.
swashbuckling queen of the night
  02/27/26
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diverse sandwich business firm
  02/27/26


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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:34 PM
Author: Honey-headed circlehead



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#28861372)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:36 PM
Author: dashing nursing home associate

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=5310907#28861387)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:38 PM
Author: Honey-headed circlehead

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=5310907#28861408)



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Date: September 29th, 2015 1:40 PM
Author: dashing nursing home associate

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=5310907#28861420)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

great op & subthread

thx

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49690580)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:05 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

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=5310907#49687988)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:42 PM
Author: Bespoke lemon rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689084)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:15 PM
Author: overrated ticket booth national security agency

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=5310907#49688038)



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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:58 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

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=5310907#49688182)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:56 AM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49688787)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:13 PM
Author: Rusted dead abode crotch

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=5310907#49690581)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:15 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

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=5310907#49690588)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: opaque slippery step-uncle's house

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=5310907#49689100)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: naked slate dog poop

happiness is overrated, Van Gogh had a lust for life

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689232)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:15 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689652)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:50 PM
Author: naked slate dog poop

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=5310907#49689756)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

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=5310907#49689967)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:02 PM
Author: opaque slippery step-uncle's house

xo woukd have been a great happy medium for him

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49690120)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:10 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49690571)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:09 PM
Author: charismatic silver resort foreskin



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49691594)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:00 PM
Author: diverse sandwich business firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689786)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:08 PM
Author: naked slate dog poop

"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=5310907#49689814)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:12 PM
Author: diverse sandwich business firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689832)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:19 PM
Author: fragrant main people new version



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689848)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:58 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49689961)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:11 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

“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=5310907#49690576)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 5:53 AM
Author: opaque slippery step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49691005)



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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:12 PM
Author: Rusted dead abode crotch

Fuck no.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49690579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 6:01 AM
Author: Adventurous effete hunting ground

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=5310907#49691006)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

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=5310907#49691244)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 12:03 PM
Author: opaque slippery step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49691579)



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Date: February 24th, 2026 10:18 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49693195)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:41 PM
Author: swashbuckling queen of the night

Going back for 4.4 days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49699806)



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Date: February 27th, 2026 1:42 PM
Author: diverse sandwich business firm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3004111&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310907#49699814)