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Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888

In 1888 Joseph Roulin and family sat for an Arles portrait-file. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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In 1888 Joseph Roulin and family sat for an Arles portrait-file. The instrument is that neighbour-file, not each bust as a separate day. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: He painted the postman and family. Roulin sat and later supported him after the ear. Sitters are not employees of a factory he owned.

Context

Roulin is the named postman. Sharing those sittings is required. Gauguin is not this household. The setting of Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888 is the public file around 1888-07-01. Driver social-cohesion 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. One family file, not a Fact per canvas. Mixed effects of Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888 are separate paths.

Why it matters

Improving path from Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888 on 1888-07-01. A named neighbour-portrait file is a cohesion path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

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 0.32 · verified

    He painted the postman and family. Roulin sat and later supported him after the ear. Sitters are not employees of a factory he owned.

What changed

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

    1. FactJoseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.3 · Effect from 1 July 1888 · verified

    A named neighbour-portrait file is a cohesion path.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × 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

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.3 × 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.MoMA — Vincent van Gogh artist page (Roulin neighbourhood)Museum of Modern Art · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Musée d'Orsay — Van Gogh works neighbourhoodMusée d'Orsay · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Musée d'Orsay — Roulin portraits neighbourhood at https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks?s=van%20gogh (opens in a new tab) (Musée d'Orsay). Independent locator: MoMA — Vincent van Gogh artist page (Roulin neighbourhood) at https://www.moma.org/artists/2206 (opens in a new tab) (Museum of Modern Art). Official carrier: Musée d'Orsay — Roulin portraits neighbourhood (https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/artworks?s=van%20gogh (opens in a new tab); Musée d'Orsay). Independent carrier: MoMA — Vincent van Gogh artist page (Roulin neighbourhood) (https://www.moma.org/artists/2206 (opens in a new tab); Museum of Modern Art).

Established: a sourced public record of Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888 under 1888-07-01 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888 under 1888-07-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1888-07-01 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.

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 toFactJoseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Joseph Roulin and family sit for an Arles portrait-file in 1888. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-roulin

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

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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