Oct 31, 2016 · After cutting off his ear Van Gogh put on his beret and dragged himself to a nearby brothel to give the severed earlobe, wrapped in paper, to a young woman recently identified as …

Nov 26, 2019 · In February of 1889 — two months after he cut off his ear — van Gogh’s neighbors in Arles launched a petition to have the erratic artist institutionalized and removed …

Vincent van Gogh cut off his left ear when tempers flared with Paul Gauguin, the artist with whom he had been working for a while in Arles. Van Gogh’s illness revealed itself: he began to …

On the 23rd of December 1888, in a small house in Arles in the South of France, one of the most famous artists of all time — Vincent Van Gogh — feverishly cut off his own ear in a mysterious...

Nov 24, 2009 · On December 23, 1888, Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France. He …

Van Gogh’s shocking act of cutting off his ear is widely believed to have been instigated by an explosive confrontation with his close friend and fellow artist, Paul Gauguin. This tumultuous …

Oct 4, 2023 · Bernadette Murphy uncovered that a letter by Félix Rey was the only irrefutable proof that Van Gogh did cut off his entire ear since the drawing of Van Gogh’s wound showed …

Apr 21, 2023 · At age 35, the painter Vincent van Gogh cut off part of his ear and brought it to a brothel. Explanations for his self-mutilation range from psychosis to the myth of the tortured artist.

Mar 31, 2024 · On December 23, 1888, in the southern French town of Arles, van Gogh, who was living there at the time, sliced off his left earlobe with a razor. The exact reasons behind this …

Mar 30, 2020 · At first glance, it appears that Van Gogh mutilated his right ear – but to paint a self-portrait an artist must look into a mirror, so the image is reversed; the injury was actually …