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

Date: 1876

## The fact

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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [labour-market-tightness](/drivers/labour-market-tightness) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Van Gogh Museum — Goupil years neighbourhood (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890; Van Gogh Museum).

## Significance

Worsening path from Goupil dismisses Van Gogh in 1876 after the London and Paris shop years on 1876-04-01. A dated dismissal from the art trade is a labour-harm path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

## What is established and what is not

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. Do not invent a unique misconduct coefficient. 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.

The attached driver is labour-market-tightness. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. 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.

## People

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

## Drivers

- Labour-Market Tightness: https://factrail.ai/drivers/labour-market-tightness

## 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-firing