The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts
In 1888 the Arles sunflower pictures were painted as one serial decorative set. The instrument is that series, not twelve calendar-day Facts and not a later museum. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In 1888 the Arles sunflower pictures were painted as one serial decorative set. The instrument is that series, not twelve calendar-day Facts and not a later museum. Vincent van Gogh's documented role is: He painted a serial still-life set for the Yellow House. He did not typeset 1990 captions.
Context
The Yellow House walls are the named destination in letters. Sharing that decorative plan with Gauguin's expected room is required. The setting of The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts is the public file around 1888-08-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Why it matters
Improving path from The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts on 1888-08-01. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
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
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.52 · verified
He painted a serial still-life set for the Yellow House. He did not typeset 1990 captions.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactThe Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.45 · Effect from 1 August 1888 · verified
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.45 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.National Gallery of Art — Vincent van Gogh artist pageNational Gallery of Art · High credibility · verified
- 2.Van Gogh Museum — collection (Nuenen weavers neighbourhood)Van Gogh Museum · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Van Gogh Museum — Sunflowers neighbourhood at https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection (opens in a new tab) (Van Gogh Museum). Independent locator: National Gallery of Art — Vincent van Gogh artist page at https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1363.html (opens in a new tab) (National Gallery of Art). Official carrier: Van Gogh Museum — Sunflowers neighbourhood (https://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/collection (opens in a new tab); Van Gogh Museum). Independent carrier: National Gallery of Art — Vincent van Gogh artist page (https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1363.html (opens in a new tab); National Gallery of Art).
Established: a sourced public record of The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts under 1888-08-01 for Vincent van Gogh. Established: a sourced public record of The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts under 1888-08-01.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. One series. Later hammer prices are not 1888. Mixed effects of The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts 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 The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts. Naming Vincent van Gogh does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1888-08-01 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.
- ActorVincent van Gogh
- contributed toFactThe Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). The Arles sunflower pictures are painted in 1888 as one serial decorative set, not twelve Facts. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/vg-sunflowers
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Accessed 17 October 2026.
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