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The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan

On 23 December 1888 the quarrel with Paul Gauguin ended the shared Yellow House plan. In the causal graph this event strengthens Political Polarization, a driver that weakens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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On 23 December 1888 the quarrel with Paul Gauguin ended the shared Yellow House plan. The instrument is that break. Exact dialogue is not upgraded to a tape. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: Both men quarrelled. Gauguin left. Exact words are disputed. The ear is a neighbouring next-day medical row, not this same sentence.

Context

Gauguin is the named counterpart. Sharing the failed studio with him is required. The ear is the next row. The setting of The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan is the public file around 1888-12-23. Driver political-polarization is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan are separate paths.

Why it matters

Worsening path from The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan on 1888-12-23. A dated studio-break is a polarisation path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

Who was responsible

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

  • Vincent van Gogh

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    Both men quarrelled. Gauguin left. Exact words are disputed. The ear is a neighbouring next-day medical row, not this same sentence.

What changed

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

    1. FactThe quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan
    2. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
    3. weakensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.35 · Effect from 23 December 1888 · verified

    A dated studio-break is a polarisation path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Political Polarization

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.35 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Paul Gauguin, Arles neighbourhoodEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Van Gogh Museum — Vincent's life chronologyVan Gogh Museum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Britannica — Paul Gauguin, Arles neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Gauguin (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Van Gogh Museum — Gauguin in Arles neighbourhood at https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum). Official carrier: Britannica — Paul Gauguin, Arles neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Gauguin (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Van Gogh Museum — Gauguin in Arles neighbourhood (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum).

Established: a sourced public record of The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan under 1888-12-23 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan under 1888-12-23.

Shared responsibility is part of The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1888-12-23 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.

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

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactThe quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan
  3. strengthensDriverPolitical Polarization
  4. weakensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The quarrel with Paul Gauguin in Arles on 23 December 1888 ends the shared Yellow House plan. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-gauguin-quarrel

https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-gauguin-quarrel

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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