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Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host

In May 1890 Dr Paul Gachet received Van Gogh at Auvers as a physician-host. In the causal graph this event strengthens Health-System Capacity, a driver that strengthens Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) — an improving welfare path.

Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host
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In May 1890 Dr Paul Gachet received Van Gogh at Auvers as a physician-host. The instrument is that reception, not a unique cure and not a later fake-attribution quarrel. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: Gachet boarded and treated him. Pissarro advised the choice. He did not heal Vincent by a unique cure. Medium on medical effect.

Context

Pissarro is a named adviser of the placement. Sharing that advice is required. Theo still paid. The setting of Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host is the public file around 1890-05-20. Driver health-system-capacity is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1890-05-20 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Why it matters

Improving path from Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host on 1890-05-20. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Vincent van Gogh

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Gachet boarded and treated him. Pissarro advised the choice. He did not heal Vincent by a unique cure. Medium on medical effect.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactDr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host
    2. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 20 May 1890 · verified

    • Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.6)

      Observed

      3.08 Per 1000 people · 1.24 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      6 readings, 2018–2023: rose from 3.07 Per 1000 people to 3.08 Per 1000 people.

      Above normal = better

    • Under-five mortality rate (global)

      via Health-System Capacity

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.15 (weight 0.3 × strength 0.5)

      Observed

      37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births · 12.4 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      7 readings, 2018–2024: fell from 40 deaths per 1,000 live births to 37.4 deaths per 1,000 live births.

      Above normal = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Musée d'Orsay — Van Gogh works neighbourhoodMusée d'Orsay · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Goupil neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Musée d'Orsay — Dr Gachet neighbourhood at https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks?s=van%20gogh (opens in a new tab) (Musée d'Orsay). Independent locator: Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Auvers and Gachet at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Musée d'Orsay — Dr Gachet neighbourhood (https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks?s=van%20gogh (opens in a new tab); Musée d'Orsay). Independent carrier: Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Auvers and Gachet (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host under 1890-05-20 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host under 1890-05-20.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The July death is a different row. Mixed effects of Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host are separate paths.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactDr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host
  3. strengthensDriverHealth-System Capacity
  4. strengthensIndicatorHospital beds (per 1,000 people)

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Factrail. (2026). Dr Paul Gachet receives Van Gogh at Auvers-sur-Oise in May 1890 as a physician-host. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-gachet

https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-gachet

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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