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Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years

In 1876 Goupil dismissed Van Gogh after London and Paris shop years. In the causal graph this event strengthens the driver Labour-Market Tightness.

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In 1876 Goupil dismissed Van Gogh after London and Paris shop years. The instrument is that firing, not a later myth of a saint who refused commerce. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: The firm dismissed him. He had been an employee, not a partner. The 1869 apprenticeship is the offset door.

Context

Named managers signed the dismissal. Sharing that firm decision is required. The 1869 entry remains the apprenticeship row. The setting of Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years is the public file around 1876-04-01. Driver labour-market-tightness is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years on 1876-04-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

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

    The firm dismissed him. He had been an employee, not a partner. The 1869 apprenticeship is the offset door.

What changed

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

    1. FactGoupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years
    2. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 April 1876 · 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 — Goupil years neighbourhood 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, early employment at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab) (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Van Gogh Museum — Goupil years neighbourhood (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, early employment (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vincent-van-Gogh (opens in a new tab); Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Established: a sourced public record of Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years under 1876-04-01 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years under 1876-04-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Borinage is later. Mixed effects of Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years are separate paths.

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

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

Shared responsibility is part of Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1876-04-01 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.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactGoupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years
  3. strengthensDriverLabour-Market Tightness

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Factrail. (2026). Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-goupil-firing

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

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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