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The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating

In September 1888 The Night Café was painted as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating. In the causal graph this event weakens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

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In September 1888 The Night Café was painted as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating. The instrument is that canvas-and-letter, not a temperance statute. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: He painted the café and wrote that it was a place where one could ruin oneself. The café owner sat as landlord, not as co-author. Medium on unique sociological claim.

Context

The café owner is the named landlord in letters. Sharing that interior is required. Sunflowers remain a neighbouring Arles series. The setting of The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating is the public file around 1888-09-08. Driver social-cohesion 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

Worsening path from The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating on 1888-09-08. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. One canvas-file. Mixed effects of The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating 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 painted the café and wrote that it was a place where one could ruin oneself. The café owner sat as landlord, not as co-author. Medium on unique sociological claim.

What changed

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

    1. FactThe Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating
    2. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.25 · Effect from 8 September 1888 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × 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 Social Cohesion

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.11 (weight 0.25 × 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.Met Heilbrunn — Vincent van GoghMetropolitan Museum of Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Vincent van Gogh The Letters — Borinage sick-care neighbourhoodVan Gogh Museum / Huygens ING · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Vincent van Gogh The Letters — Night Café neighbourhood at https://vangoghletters.org/vg/ (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING). Independent locator: Met Heilbrunn — Van Gogh Arles interiors neighbourhood at https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh/hd_gogh.htm (opens in a new tab) (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Official carrier: Vincent van Gogh The Letters — Night Café neighbourhood (https://vangoghletters.org/vg/ (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING). Independent carrier: Met Heilbrunn — Van Gogh Arles interiors neighbourhood (https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gogh/hd_gogh.htm (opens in a new tab); Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Established: a sourced public record of The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating under 1888-09-08 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating under 1888-09-08.

Shared responsibility is part of The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1888-09-08 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.

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactThe Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating
  3. weakensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Night Café is painted in September 1888 as a public picture of a place Vincent names as isolating. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-night-cafe-isolation

https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-night-cafe-isolation

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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