Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent and Theo - A Novel
In 1888, Vincent paints a portrait of his physician and presents it to him. The doctor uses it to cover a hole in his chicken coop and then sells it for a negligible sum. Many years later, the painting will end up in a museum valued at over $50 million. In January 1889, he continues to suffer greatly with his mental health. He leaves the town and voluntarily enters an asylum. Despite the setting, life in the asylum is grim. Its inmates get little clinical care and poor food. At night he hears shouts and terrible howls as of animals in a menagerie. Though frightening, there is some solace in the realization that he is not alone in his suffering
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