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

Date: 1869

## The fact

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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [industrial-policy-activism](/drivers/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Van Gogh Museum — Vincent's life chronology (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890; Van Gogh Museum).

## Significance

Improving path from Van Gogh enters Goupil & Cie at The Hague in 1869 as a paid art-trade apprentice on 1869-07-30. A dated art-trade apprenticeship is an industrial-craft path of medium-low weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not store later auction records as 1869. 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.

## What is established and what is not

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.

The attached driver is industrial-policy-activism. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

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

## People

- Vincent van Gogh: https://factrail.ai/people/vincent-van-gogh

## Drivers

- Industrial-Policy Activism: https://factrail.ai/drivers/industrial-policy-activism

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh
- https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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