He certainly was, and I don’t think we can blame the turpentine for that. Nor can we blame it for the fact that his wife died a few years later. He also cheated his best friend out of a fair bit of money, despite the fact that, through his own fault, he had lost a great deal of capital and suffered a significant loss of standing on a personal level. He was lucky to have a wife and a son who set up an art gallery for him, and that his son Titus was able to cope with his behaviour, unlike many others. But you know how it goes – the same applies to all the other celebrities these days: you can beat people to a pulp or murder them and still get away with it, as long as it’s well-produced. It doesn’t matter whether it’s music, painting or boxing.