You may know Vincent van Gogh for sunflowers, starry skies, and a tragic ear incident. But did you know he spent years sketching laundry scenes—boats laden with linens, washerwomen stooping by canals? Intrigued? So was I. It raises an oddly fascinating question: what were Van Gogh’s own laundry habits? Did he scrub paint‑spattered smocks himself?…

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