vant every biographical aspect of van gogh. i do not care if he suffered or not, or was insane or not, or had a tumor or not, or was a good person or not, or killed himself or was shot by schoolboys. *none of that* has any bearing whatsoever on whether or not this object hanging on the wall has certain qualities. *all of that* has quite a lot to do with the marketing hype and the van gogh legend, a