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Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice

In 1869 Vincent entered Goupil & Cie at The Hague as a paid apprentice. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Industrial-Policy Activism.

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In 1869 Vincent entered Goupil & Cie at The Hague as a paid apprentice. The instrument is that shop job, not a later museum and not each print he wrapped. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: He was a junior employee. Goupil owned the shops. Uncle Cent opened the door. He did not found the firm.

Context

Uncle Cent and named Goupil managers share the door. Sharing that firm is required. London and Paris branches come later in the same employment file, not as extra 1869 acts. The setting of Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice is the public file around 1869-07-30. Driver industrial-policy-activism is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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

Why it matters

Improving path from Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice on 1869-07-30. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The 1876 dismissal is a different row. Mixed effects of Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice are separate paths.

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

    He was a junior employee. Goupil owned the shops. Uncle Cent opened the door. He did not found the firm.

What changed

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

    1. FactVan Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice
    2. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 30 July 1869 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Goupil 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: Van Gogh Museum — Vincent's life chronology at https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum). Independent locator: Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Goupil neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Van Gogh Museum — Vincent's life chronology (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum). Independent carrier: Britannica — Vincent van Gogh, Goupil neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice under 1869-07-30 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice under 1869-07-30.

Shared responsibility is part of Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1869-07-30 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.

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

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Causal path

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

  1. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactVan Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice
  3. strengthensDriverIndustrial-Policy Activism

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Factrail. (2026). Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-goupil-1869

https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-goupil-1869

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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