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Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed

In February 1889 Arles neighbours petitioned to have Van Gogh confined or removed. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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In February 1889 Arles neighbours petitioned to have Van Gogh confined or removed. The instrument is that petition-and-order, not a trial transcript with a unique jury. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: Named neighbours petitioned the mayor. Police and hospital executed confinement. He did not write the petition.

Context

The mayor and police share the order. Sharing those offices is required. The setting of Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed is the public file around 1889-02-27. Driver justice-judicial-independence-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Saint-Rémy transfer is later May. Mixed effects of Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed are separate paths.

Why it matters

Worsening path from Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed on 1889-02-27. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

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

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Vincent van Gogh

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.36 · verified

    Named neighbours petitioned the mayor. Police and hospital executed confinement. He did not write the petition.

What changed

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

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Vincent van Gogh The Letters — Borinage sick-care neighbourhoodVan Gogh Museum / Huygens ING · 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 — Arles petition neighbourhood at https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum). Independent locator: Vincent van Gogh The Letters — 1889 Arles confinement neighbourhood at https://vangoghletters.org/vg/ (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING). Official carrier: Van Gogh Museum — Arles petition neighbourhood (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/art-and-stories/vincents-life-1853-1890 (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum). Independent carrier: Vincent van Gogh The Letters — 1889 Arles confinement neighbourhood (https://vangoghletters.org/vg/ (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum / Huygens ING).

Established: a sourced public record of Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed under 1889-02-27 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed under 1889-02-27.

Shared responsibility is part of Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1889-02-27 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.

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

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

Causal path

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

  1. ActorVincent van Gogh
  2. contributed toFactArles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed
  3. strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Arles neighbours petition in February 1889 to have Van Gogh confined or removed. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-petition

https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-petition

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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